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unreliable narrators

In The Turn of the Screw Henry James  used an unreliable narrator to great effect. Other writers who are adroit with this literary device include Vladimir Nabokov and Ford Maddox Ford. Contemporary masters of this technique include Matthew Kneale, Patrick McGrath and Barry Unsworth.


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Lolita
The Turn of the Screw
Asylum
Wuthering Heights
Readers' Group Review of Wuthering Heights
Losing Nelson
The Good Soldier
English Passengers
Readers' Group Review of English Passengers
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