The Aspern Papers: And The Turn of the ScrewIn the 'The Turn of the Screw' a governess is sent to take charge of two orphans. Unsettled by a sense of evil, she thinks that something malevolent is stalking the children. 'The Aspern Papers' tells the tale of a literary historian determined to get his hands on the letters of a great poet. |
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