The Turn Of The Screw

I listened to this on audio, read by Bianca Amato. Her voice was amazing.
I agree that it is wordy, but I didn't know the story and I found myself really worried about the governess and the children. Mrs. Grose was my favorite character, reminding me of Mrs. Potts from Beauty and the Beast. I would have loved a “Cor! or a “blimey!” She was just the sweetest thing.
The only thing that didn't work for me was the very first chapter. Why have this big set up about reading the story aloud and mailing off for the manuscript if we were never going to return to that room and the listeners? Unless that was to throw the reader off....if the manuscript just ended abruptly, then we would know the governess was dead. Unless she was a ghost writing the manuscript we would never get her POV on her own death.