The Turn of the Screw · Character
Douglas
The man who introduces the governess's manuscript to the house party in the prologue.
minor
Also known as Poor Douglas
First appearance: Prologue
Douglas's tie to Flora is one of the pressures that moves The Turn of the Screw—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
The friend who introduces the governess's story and reads her manuscript to the group.
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- Frame Story Participants and Authority
- Protagonist
- Bly's Inhabitants and Ghosts
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