... was very predominant. The Society for Psychical Research had been founded in 1882 of which James' brother and father where both members of. Thus, James was not only familiar with the cases of ghost apparitions but used these informations for his ghost stories among which The Turn of the Screw surely became the most important to date. In the preface of his ... governess, she remains nameless, her identity is never revealed. We learn much about her inner struggles and desires but gain only little background information about her: she was the youngest daughter of a poor country parson in H...

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