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The article discusses a real-life ghost story involving the Hinton Ampner haunted house in Hampshire, England, which is said to have inspired the novel "The Turn of the Screw," by Henry James. It presents the story of Mary Ricketts, wife of a Jamaican estate owner, who have lived in the said house in the 1700s. The way James utilized the master-servant identity confusion as theme of his novel is described. Brief details about the publication and controversies surrounding the novel are offered. |
