A young governess arrives at Bly, a country house in Essex, to care for Miles and Flora. Her new position seems promising until she begins to see figures she cannot explain.

As she learns about the household’s past, she becomes increasingly anxious about the children and the influence of those who came before her. Henry James builds a ghost story around uncertainty: the governess’s account offers no easy way to separate supernatural danger from fear, interpretation and obsession. This English-language paperback belongs to the Collins Classics series.