The clanging chimes of the nearby village church unnerve and disturb the governess, and when we starts seeing ghosts the music gets really strange. The children are the battleground and, like most wars, this one will result in death and misery. She resolves to do battle with the ghosts. The housekeeper further worries the Governess with mysterious and lurid tales about former employees of the house, who are supposed to be dead.Įventually the Governess comes to believe that the children are being controlled by people from their past. She gets a letter from Miles’s boarding school: they’ve expelled him, as he is “a danger to his classmates.” The Governess sees a mysterious man atop a tower and an eerie woman on the other side of a pond. But soon enough, the Governess’s resolve is tested. The uncle instructs the Governess that he is not to be contacted or disturbed, no matter what happens she is in charge.Īt first, all seems well. What's Going On?Īt a big, beautiful, empty English country house, a naïve young woman takes up her position as Governess to the niece and nephew of a handsome young man who lives in London. So why is he here now? Where & When?Īt Bly, a British country house, in the mid-nineteenth century. Peter Quint, the master’s former valet had “free and easy ways.” He cracked his head open on an icy road and died. Miss Jessel, the former governess, had to leave Bly-and then she died. Grose, the old housekeeper, is no help at all. Miles and Flora are two of the sweetest, most perfect, gloriously angelic children you could ever hope to meet. The Governess, a nervous and inexperienced young woman, is in over her head.
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