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Gender and Power

The governess's vulnerable position, Mrs. Gracedew's use of wealth for agency, and Cora's resistance to her father's matrimonial scheme explore Victorian women's limited power structures.

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The Two Magics: The Turn of the Screw, Covering End cover

The Two Magics: The Turn of the Screw, Covering End

James, Henry

This collection pairs Henry James's ambiguous ghost story "The Turn of the Screw," in which a governess at a country estate perceives spectral threats to her charges, with the lighter social comedy "Covering End," in which a penniless heir must choose between his political principles and his ancestral home, with a wealthy American woman's intervention determining the outcome of both.

Gender and Power 7 min