A young woman comes to a gorgeous country estate to become a governess for two orphan children – Miles and Flora. Straight away she founds herself to be ab invito involved into whirlpool of mysterious events. Soon she understands that the beauty and peace of the charming place serve as a background for evil. What in actual fact are the infernal visions of the heroin? And what turn of the screw, which pumps nervousness, will turn to be crucial for her? The most celebrated psychological ghost story of Henry James (1843 –1916), an American writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. The master of the psychological novel, James offers picturesque descriptions of an ancient estate, park, family secrets and mysteries, what subsequently grows up into a pure psychological sketching.