Henry James

I just saw Benjamin Britten's "The Turn of the Screw" last friday. Absoluetly loved it, although it was heartbreaking that Miles should die at the end. I still haven't figured out much of the story. I mean what happened to Miles, and what did Mrs. Grouse mean when she said Peter Quint was free with both Miles and Ms. Jessel? Hmmmm. I suppose I have my entire live left to figure it out. Henry James is such an intellectual writer, he attacks a story as if it were something made out of science and not imagination. Yes, he turns story writing into a science, which makes his writing harder to read for me. I tried to read "Turn of the Screw" and got lost in his ocean of words and words and words. Nevertheless, I still adore him. His "Daisy Miller" was one of my early favorites, and so is "Portrait of a Lady". He has a way with writing subtle, sad imagery, which always outweighs the intellectualism of his writing.