The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde Three short stories by one of the most witty and popular writers of the nineteenth century. Stories include: The Canterville Ghost, The Model Millionaire and Lord Arthur Savile's Crime. Original work by Oscar Wilde A humorous tale by Oscar Wilde about a ghost who is the victim of pranks by two inhabitants of the house he is haunting. The first of Wilde's stories to be published, it appeared in the magazine The Court and Society Review (1887). The Canterville Ghost is a novella parody featuring an ambassador and a spirit. The ambassador moves his family into a castle, which is known to be haunted. Oscar Wilde was a major celebrity in the late Victorian era. He was a playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. Wilde spent two years in a hard labor prison after being convicted of gross indecency. This is Oscar Wilde's tale of the American family moved into a British mansion, Canterville Chase, much to the annoyance of 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... ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ Theo LTTK Education
