{ "schemaVersion": 1, "slug": "the-turn-of-the-screw-pg209", "title": "The Turn of the Screw", "author": "Henry James", "language": "en", "spoilers": true, "characters": [ { "name": "Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation", "aliases": [ "the Foundation" ], "description": "A nonprofit educational corporation that supports Project Gutenberg’s mission to distribute electronic works. It is mentioned in the Foundation’s legal and donation information." }, { "name": "Project Gutenberg", "aliases": [], "description": "An organization that distributes electronic works for free and relies on volunteers and donations. The passage describes its mission, history, and donation program." }, { "name": "Professor Michael S. Hart", "aliases": [], "description": "The originator of the Project Gutenberg concept; he produced and distributed its eBooks for forty years." }, { "name": "The Internal Revenue Service", "aliases": [ "IRS" ], "description": "A U.S. federal agency mentioned in connection with the Foundation’s tax-exempt status and charitable donations." }, { "name": "The manuscript’s author", "aliases": [ "Douglas’s sister’s governess", "The governess" ], "description": "A woman ten years older than Douglas, formerly governess to his sister. She wrote the account of the events at Bly and sent it to Douglas before her death; she had been in love with someone whose identity the text does not state." }, { "name": "Mrs. Grose", "aliases": [], "description": "The housekeeper at Bly and former maid to the master’s mother; she cares deeply for Flora and helps the governess look after the children. She now believes Flora has been involved in supernatural doings and heard her say shocking things about the governess; she takes Flora away from Bly to her uncle. She also reports that Miles took and burned the governess’s letter." }, { "name": "Miles", "aliases": [ "Master Miles", "the little gentleman", "the little boy" ], "description": "The master’s nephew and Flora’s older brother, around ten years old. He admits taking and burning the governess’s letter, but denies stealing at school; he says he said things to a few schoolmates he liked, which were repeated to the masters. At the end, after naming Peter Quint and seeing nothing at the window, he dies in the governess’s arms." }, { "name": "Flora", "aliases": [ "the little lady", "the little girl" ], "description": "The master’s niece and Miles’s younger sister, about eight years old. The governess believes Flora sees and communicates with Miss Jessel’s ghost, but Flora denies seeing anyone and angrily rejects the governess. She becomes feverish and is taken away from Bly by Mrs. Grose." }, { "name": "The former governess", "aliases": [ "Miss Jessel" ], "description": "The young woman who cared for Miles and Flora before the narrator arrived. Mrs. Grose confirms her improper relationship with Peter Quint; she left Bly and later died. The governess sees her ghost at the lake, where Flora appears to ignore it." }, { "name": "Peter Quint", "aliases": [ "Quint", "Mr. Quint" ], "description": "The master’s former valet, who remained at Bly after the master left and exercised improper influence over the household and children. He was involved with Miss Jessel and spent months in close company with Miles. The governess sees his ghost at the window; Miles names him, and the apparition vanishes before Miles dies." }, { "name": "The apparition on the tower", "aliases": [ "the unknown man", "the visitor" ], "description": "A red-haired, pale-faced man the governess sees on a tower, at a window, and later on the staircase. Mrs. Grose identifies him as Peter Quint." }, { "name": "The woman in black", "aliases": [], "description": "A pale, frightening woman whom the governess sees across the lake while Flora plays; the governess identifies her as Miss Jessel. The governess later sees her ghost on the opposite bank, though Mrs. Grose and Flora deny seeing anyone." }, { "name": "The woman on the staircase", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed apparition the governess sees sitting on a lower stair with her back turned and her head in her hands. The governess believes she knows the woman’s dreadful face, but does not identify her." }, { "name": "The housemaid", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed member of the household staff at Bly. She serves the governess tea after Flora has been taken away." }, { "name": "The messenger", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed person expected to go to the village and potentially carry the governess’s letter." }, { "name": "Luke", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed male servant at Bly. Mrs. Grose says he denied noticing or touching the governess’s letter." }, { "name": "The maids and the men", "aliases": [], "description": "Unnamed members of the Bly household staff who look blank and stare after Mrs. Grose and Flora leave." }, { "name": "The masters at Miles’s school", "aliases": [ "the schoolmasters", "the gentlemen at the school" ], "description": "Unnamed school authorities who dismiss Miles without explaining the reason. Miles says he spoke to a few schoolmates, who repeated his words to the masters." }, { "name": "Miles’s schoolmates", "aliases": [ "the children’s schoolmates", "Miles’s mates" ], "description": "Unnamed children at Miles’s school. Miles says he said things to a few of those he liked, and they repeated them to the masters." }, { "name": "The governess’s employer", "aliases": [ "the master", "the gentleman", "the uncle", "their uncle", "their guardian" ], "description": "A wealthy bachelor and guardian of Miles and Flora, who lives in Harley Street and has left their care to the governess. He dislikes being troubled and has not written to the children." }, { "name": "The apparition in the ghost story", "aliases": [ "Griffin’s ghost" ], "description": "An apparition in Griffin’s tale that appears to a child and his mother." }, { "name": "The governess’s brothers and sisters", "aliases": [], "description": "Mentioned by the governess as part of her family history, which Miles and Flora know from her stories; they are not individually identified." }, { "name": "Goody Gosling", "aliases": [], "description": "A person mentioned by the governess as the source of a celebrated saying that Miles and Flora ask her to repeat." }, { "name": "The vicarage pony", "aliases": [], "description": "A pony mentioned in the governess’s stories; the children know details of its cleverness." }, { "name": "The apparition on the lawn", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed figure the governess sees standing on the lawn and looking up toward the tower; she discovers it is Miles." }, { "name": "The churchgoers", "aliases": [], "description": "Unnamed people, including members of the Bly household, gathered outside the church as the governess and Miles arrive." }, { "name": "The housemaid writing a letter", "aliases": [], "description": "An imagined identity the governess initially assigns to the apparition of Miss Jessel seated at her schoolroom table; the passage clarifies that this was Miss Jessel’s ghost." }, { "name": "Douglas", "aliases": [], "description": "The host who tells the assembled guests about a manuscript written by his sister’s former governess. He later gives the manuscript to the narrator, who transcribes it." }, { "name": "Griffin", "aliases": [], "description": "A guest whose ghost story prompts Douglas to tell of a haunting involving two children." }, { "name": "The narrator", "aliases": [], "description": "A guest at Douglas’s gathering who records the frame story and later transcribes Douglas’s manuscript. The narrator’s gender is not specified." }, { "name": "The woman who cries “Oh, how delicious!”", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed guest who reacts eagerly to Douglas’s promise of a frightening story." }, { "name": "The woman who asks who the governess loved", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed guest who asks about the governess’s love and later asks Douglas for the manuscript’s title." }, { "name": "Douglas’s sister", "aliases": [], "description": "Mentioned as the person for whom the manuscript’s author once worked as a governess." }, { "name": "The master’s younger brother", "aliases": [ "the military brother" ], "description": "A military man who died two years before the events at Bly; his children Miles and Flora were left in the master’s care." }, { "name": "The master’s parents", "aliases": [], "description": "Mentioned as having died in India, leaving the master guardian of their grandchildren, Miles and Flora." }, { "name": "The nursemaid", "aliases": [], "description": "A young woman who stayed at Bly after Miss Jessel left and cared for the children during the interval before Miss Jessel’s death was reported." }, { "name": "The laborer who found Peter Quint", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed laborer who discovered Quint dead on the road while going to work early one winter morning." }, { "name": "The headmaster", "aliases": [], "description": "The head of Miles’s school, who sends the master a letter dismissing Miles and declines to keep him." }, { "name": "The laborer’s child", "aliases": [ "the little boy in the ghost story" ], "description": "An unnamed child in the story Douglas recalls, who wakes his mother after seeing an apparition in their room." }, { "name": "The mother in the ghost story", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed woman who shares a room with her young son and also sees the apparition that frightened him." }, { "name": "The coach guard", "aliases": [ "the guard" ], "description": "An unnamed guard who accompanies Miles on the coach journey to Bly." }, { "name": "The fly driver", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed driver who brings the governess from the coach stop to Bly." }, { "name": "The housemaids", "aliases": [], "description": "Two unnamed maids who look out from Bly’s windows when the governess arrives." }, { "name": "The cook", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed member of the household staff at Bly." }, { "name": "The dairywoman", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed member of the household staff at Bly." }, { "name": "The groom", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed older member of the household staff at Bly." }, { "name": "The gardener", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed older member of the household staff at Bly." }, { "name": "The governess’s father", "aliases": [ "the poor country parson" ], "description": "Mentioned as a poor country parson and the father of the governess, who was the youngest of several daughters." }, { "name": "The governess’s sisters", "aliases": [], "description": "Mentioned as the older sisters of the governess; no individual names or further details are given." }, { "name": "The governess’s family at home", "aliases": [], "description": "Mentioned in the governess’s letters as facing difficulties while she is at Bly." }, { "name": "The governess’s previous applicants", "aliases": [], "description": "Other unnamed candidates for the position at Bly who were reportedly deterred by its conditions." }, { "name": "Miles’s schoolmasters", "aliases": [ "the gentlemen at the school" ], "description": "Unnamed school authorities who write that Miles cannot remain at school, without explaining the reason." }, { "name": "The solicitor", "aliases": [ "the master’s solicitor" ], "description": "An unnamed solicitor who handles the money sent to the governess for the household." }, { "name": "The postman", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed possible visitor the governess considers as an ordinary explanation for seeing a stranger at Bly." }, { "name": "The tradesman’s boy", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed possible visitor the governess considers as an ordinary explanation for seeing a stranger at Bly." }, { "name": "The rooks", "aliases": [], "description": "Birds that circle and call above Bly when the governess arrives." } ], "analysis": { "sourceSha256": "07775c0d405354fa20cd5b7072160f2464dbd59dec0a662e7915284e1516cf7a", "generatedAt": "2026-10-26T18:21:39.805458+00:00", "partsProcessed": 4, "extractionWarnings": [], "promptSha256": "9385e4a21325f0621e5589099a8ad97a61d002a9f4df2818821dc1c353ad5c6d", "model": "gpt-6-luna", "pipelineVersion": 1 } }