Books with title Canterville Ghost

This is Oscar Wilde's tale of the American family moved into a British mansion, Canterville Chase, much to the annoyance its tired ghost. The family -- which refuses to believe in him -- is in Wilde's way a commentary on the British nobility of the day -- and on the Americans, too. The tale, like many of Wilde's, is rich with allusion, but ends as sentimental romance. . .

1906 edition, illustrated by Wallace Goldsmith"The Canterville Ghost" is a novella by Oscar Wilde. It has been adapted for the stage and screen several times.This is a story is about an American family who move to a castle haunted by the ghost of a dead nobleman, who killed his wife and was starved to death by his wife's brothers.It was the first of Wilde's stories to be published, appearing in 1887. The story did not immediately receive much critical attention, and indeed Wilde was not viewed as an important author until the publication, during the 1890s, of his novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1891) and of several well-received plays, including "The Importance of Being Earnest" (1895). In “The Canterville Ghost,” Wilde draws upon fairy tales, Gothic novels, and stories of Americans abroad to shape his comic ghost story. One of the major themes in the story is the culture clash between a sixteenth-century English ghost and a late nineteenth-century American family. But the story also examines the disparity between the public self and the private self, a theme to which Wilde would return again in his later writings.

"The Canterville Ghost" is a short story by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). It was first published in 1887. The story begins when a rich American family shifted to Canterville Chase, despite warnings that the house is haunted. At first, none of the member of the family believes in ghosts, but shortly none of them can deny the presence of Sir Simon (The Ghost)…The ebook contains several beautiful illustrations of the 1906 edition. It also contains the “Phrases And Aphorisms For The Use Of The Young” published by Wilde in 1894.

For a long time a ghost has been living in the Canterville castle. He has killed many generations who lived there. Eventually the house has been sold to others. Soon after a new family has arrived to live at the castle and sat down to dinner, they saw a red stain on the floor. Later they learned that a blood stain belongs to a killed wife of the ghost. Father cleaned the spot, but the next day it had appeared again. Every night the ghost was wandering through corridors bothering the family. The next night, when the ghost began to walk again, the father suggested him lubricate the chain by oil. The ghost became very angry and decided to take a revenge.