The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)

I was amazed to find what difficult reading this story was, especially since I remember having been assigned to read it (though not having read it) in high school. What I appreciated about it was that its subject is one that could be portrayed in a very obvious manner, but instead it is made exquisitely vague and subtle, so that until the end, the facts of the story are unclear, and at best, inexplicitly suggested. The horror felt by the main character is nameless, and transcends anything that might by typical in a "ghost story." I will now take a close look at the Benjamin Britten opera and compare.