30: Ch 1 — The Turn of the Screw (Start of Book)

Cool things to check out: Crochet Sea Creatures not to be believed (Thank you Dawn!), Check out Yarn-a-go-go's site and then check into NaNoWriMo! It's not too late! Then there's The Thread Project (One World, One Cloth), and I ran out of time to talk about My Paper Crane from Heidi. I'll never do this to you. Here's Henry, by the way:

By Unknown photographer - taken from the frontispiece of Short Story Classics (American) Volume Three, edited by William Patten, copyright 1905, printed by P.F. Collier & Son. Photographer unknown. Scanned by English Wikipedian, MakeRocketGoNow., Public Domain, Link

I think you'll need this over the next few weeks.: Character List Anonymous Narrator Probably represents Henry James.

(Diagetic Level 1) Douglas The one in possession of the Governess' manuscript. He may have been in love with her.

(Diagetic Level 2) The Governess The protagonist--twenty-year-old governess of Flora and Miles at the country estate of Bly.

(Diagetic Level 3) Mrs. Grose A servant at Bly; illiterate, respectful. Miles A ten-year-old boy; charming, well-behaved, and very attractive.

Flora An eight-year-old girl; beautiful and well mannered.

The Children's Uncle

The governess's employer; good looking, but aloof with odd requirements for the job...

Peter Quint A former valet at Bly; "infamous" throughout the area of Bly.

Miss Jessel The governess's predecessor; a lady, young and beautiful, but "infamous," apparently had an inappropriate relationship with Quint.

Many thanks to Nikolle Doolin for her SEXY reading of Henry James' Turn of the Screw. If you check out her site, you'll see why she's so good... except for that blasted microphone...

2026 Author Revision: Dead link removed. The Yarn-a-go-go link has turned into an author site! Fascinating. There were images in these shownotes, but we're still figuring out how to include those.

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