Are sweet Flora and Miles the lovely children they appear to be or something much more sinister? In this classic gothic horror story, a young governess takes charge of the 2 charming orphans only to discover they are under some mysterious evil influence. But is it really the children who are being haunted - or the governess herself? Henry James doesn't give his readers tidy answers. Instead, he has written a brilliant piece of suspense which leaves us to ponder the psychological complexities of imagination and reality, evil, and human relationships.