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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Page 46
... knew of , but some note of his voice seemed to abide there by a roundabout implication and in a ' dying fall'.2 Mrs Prest knew nothing about the papers , but was interested in my curiosity , as always in the joys and sorrows of her ...
... knew of , but some note of his voice seemed to abide there by a roundabout implication and in a ' dying fall'.2 Mrs Prest knew nothing about the papers , but was interested in my curiosity , as always in the joys and sorrows of her ...
Page 195
... knew me as well as I knew him ; and so , in the cold faint twilight , with a glimmer in the high glass and another on the polish of the oak stair below , we faced each other in our common intensity . He was absolutely , on this occasion ...
... knew me as well as I knew him ; and so , in the cold faint twilight , with a glimmer in the high glass and another on the polish of the oak stair below , we faced each other in our common intensity . He was absolutely , on this occasion ...
Page 258
... knew that he was in presence , but knew not of what , and knew still less that I also was and that I did know And what did this strain of trouble matter when my eyes went back to the window only to see that the air was clear again and ...
... knew that he was in presence , but knew not of what , and knew still less that I also was and that I did know And what did this strain of trouble matter when my eyes went back to the window only to see that the air was clear again and ...
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