Since college I don't read nearly as much classical literature as I'd like and so it was a challenge reading Turn of the Screw again. James' vague writing leaves vast room for interpretation which can be liberating, as well as frustrating for a reader.
Turn is a ghost story, but one never knows who/what is the real evil. It will be interesting to compare the 2011 Tighter by Adele Griffin to it's 1898 inspiration.
This was my first classic I have read in a very long time. I actually read it aloud to my cat(she only got scared a few times). Really enjoyed the story line, not so much a ghost story as it was the author playing with the reader's imagination. Were they ghosts or were they hallucinations?
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