The narrator is a young governess, sent off to a country house to take charge of two orphaned children. She finds a pleasant house and a comfortable housekeeper, while the children are beautiful and charming. But she soon begins to feel the presence of intense evil.
Henry James, OM, son of theologian Henry James Sr., brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James, was an American-born author, one of the founders and leaders of a school of realism in fiction. He spent much of his life in England and became a British subject shortly before his death. He is primarily known for a series of major novels in whi...
Henry James, OM, son of theologian Henry James Sr., brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James, was an American-born author, one of the founders and leaders of a school of realism in fiction. He spent much of his life in England and became a British subject shortly before his death. He is primarily known for a series of major novels in which he portrayed the encounter of America with Europe. His plots centered on personal relationships, the proper exercise of power in such relationships, and other moral questions. His method of writing from the point of view of a character within a tale allowed him to explore the phenomena of consciousness and perception, and his style in later works has been compared to impressionist painting.
James insisted that writers in Great Britain and America should be allowed the greatest freedom possible in presenting their view of the world, as French authors were. His imaginative use of point of view, interior monologue and unreliable narrators in his own novels and tales brought a new depth and interest to realistic fiction, and foreshadowed the modernist work of the twentieth century. An extraordinarily productive writer, in addition to his voluminous works of fiction he published articles and books of travel writing, biography, autobiography, and criticism,and wrote plays, some of which were performed during his lifetime with moderate success. His theatrical work is thought to have profoundly influenced his later novels and tales.
The case, I may mention, was that of an apparition in just such an old house as had gathered us for the occasion—an appearance, of a dreadful kind, to a little boy sleeping in the room with his mother and waking her up in the terror of it; waking her not to dissipate his dread and soothe him to sleep again, but to encounter also, herself, before she had succeeded in doing so, the same sight that had shaken him. (查看原文)
Is there ever, an "innocent" child? Oh so wickedy wicked! Apparitions or not, the purer souls are always the easier targets for corruption. Still trying to figure out if there is a moral, or, this ser...Is there ever, an "innocent" child? Oh so wickedy wicked! Apparitions or not, the purer souls are always the easier targets for corruption. Still trying to figure out if there is a moral, or, this serves merely as a gothic entertainment.(展开)
写给未来的自己&造福全人类。 In the story of The Turn of the Screw, Henry James uses the perspective of a governess to disclose her haunting experience in a country home. In the beginning of the story, the governess was persuaded by the charming ow...
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亨利·詹姆斯 作者
果麦文化
上海文艺出版社2020版
蝶之羽翼
上海文艺出版社2020版
司康mon amour
上海译文出版社2014版
司马开心
W. W. Norton & Co.1999版
TT
上海文艺出版社2020版
展颜
上海文艺出版社2020版
0 有用 Nicotinamide 2022-09-25 20:38:35 湖北
Henry James繁复曲折的语言风格本就足以令人如堕迷宫，细思极恐，余意久回
0 有用 阿洛伊修斯 2014-08-06 14:28:48
插入语orz
0 有用 Elisa 2010-06-05 13:51:07
之前大学时挑灯夜读过，因为感觉太吓人了就没有读下去~
0 有用 花岛仙藏 2015-05-12 20:38:59
Is there ever, an "innocent" child? Oh so wickedy wicked! Apparitions or not, the purer souls are always the easier targets for corruption. Still trying to figure out if there is a moral, or, this ser... Is there ever, an "innocent" child? Oh so wickedy wicked! Apparitions or not, the purer souls are always the easier targets for corruption. Still trying to figure out if there is a moral, or, this serves merely as a gothic entertainment. (展开)
0 有用 栞 2020-10-15 01:47:13
HJ的写作手法还蛮吓人的，语言闪烁其词，对话之间的张力，忽然的告别会让人背后一凉。看完后又会想，是特别天真无邪的孩子最容易被腐蚀呢，还是本来就没有天真无邪这一回事儿，还是出问题的只是女老师自己。这个故事是故事中的故事，于是叙述者（女老师）又变得那么不可靠。是一个读完一后还能令人觉得阴森森，又会反复思考的鬼故事。
0 有用 forastera 2024-10-21 20:43:04 英国
想起來第一年讀過
0 有用 Vesivia 2024-09-24 12:59:06 上海
语句自然精致华丽，无暇却又冒险的句法堆满全书，的确“源源不断的创造力”。然而“满”的追求忽视了阴森的氛围需要留白的事实，詹姆斯所做的是“越描越黑”，无止境的文采展览让其应关注的“空白部分”(供读者遐想)被步步挤占，直至失却suspense而变成纯粹的whining，同时也牺牲了人物的鲜活性（它们全部变成高级文法的媒介)，因而观感是绝对的折磨。
0 有用 JiggieBoiZ 2024-08-31 10:25:39 浙江
a psycho story
0 有用 跳房子 2024-01-27 14:58:05 上海
开头搭建的叙事框架很有意思，像是拆一个精美的礼物，嵌套了好几层。待到礼物拆出来，这些层包装纸就被扔得无影无踪。或是现实主义小说的叙事实验吧，细想《呼啸山庄》、《我的安东尼亚》都有这么个框。
0 有用 Sin.È ⛰️ 2023-11-12 15:40:36 美国
写的比较老 不喜欢 如果你不去纠结谁疯了谁超现实了 谁恋@童了那也没啥好看的….