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"He did stand there!--But high up, beyond the lawn and at the very top of the tower..."
The third illustration for the serialized printing of Henry James' novella The Turn of the Screw. The governess sees the specter of the lecherous former groundskeeper, Peter Quint, watching her from the tower of the manor.
"He presently produced something that made me drop straight down to the stone slab"
The fifth illustration for the serialized printing of Henry James' novella The Turn of the Screw. The governess has an unsettling conversation with Miles in the churchyard, and her suspicions over his behavior and manner deepens.
"Holding my candle high, till I came within sight of the tall window"
This illustration was one of five made by Eric Pape for the serialized printing of Henry James' novella The Turn of the Screw in the printed periodical Collier’s Weekly. The image depicts the narrator of the story, the governess, encountering the…
"I must have thrown myself, on my face, on the ground"
The sixth illustration for the serialized printing of Henry James' novella The Turn of the Screw. The governess collapses as she is faced with the spirit of her predecessor, Miss Jessel, and the gravity of the danger present at Bly Manor.
"It removed my veil from its gaunt head, rent it in two parts, and, flinging both on the floor, trampled on them."
The novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë similarly demonstrates the recurrence of feminine influence and traumatic bond between women in gothic horror. The two women recognizably share a sexual role, as the romantic partner to Mr. Rochester. Bertha's…
“By What Right Does She Accuse Me of Sins I Am Not Responsible For?”
The illustration features two women in finery dressing (or cowering to the ground, under the scorn of three “crone” like figures, hunched over and brandishing their fists and canes at the young pair. The central of the aggressing figures stands at…
“Faintly I heard her calling, calling in a whisper which could not disguise the anxiety, even terror, in her voice”
A periodical illustration done for a work of fiction. A woman stands gathered in a shawl, holding a lantern and peering out into the darkness of the night around her. The subject is visibly frightened and is dwarfed by the unknown of surroundings,…
“For a moment the wonder in the girl face was replaced by fear— the dread of a memory”
A periodical illustration made for a work of fiction in The Ladies' Home Journal. A young woman gestures wildly from a bed as she recalls a terrifying encounter with a suitor. A nurse and a baby in a cradle sit beside the bed in the looming darkness…
Confrontation between the governess and Mrs. Grose, the housekeeper
Film stills (1:25:06) from The Innocents (1961), directed by Jack Clayton. Confrontation between the governess and Mrs. Grose. As the governess dives further into her connection with the deceased Miss Jessel, her engagement of the "distasteful"…
Governess confronts the Manor Hallway, Part 1
Film stills (1:10:54) from The Innocents (1961), directed by Jack Clayton. In the scene where the governess walks the manor at night and encounters spirts, imprints of the sexual violence which took place in the house manifest in the hallways, doors,…