Everybody in the county knows that the great manor of Canterville Chase has been haunted for 300 years. But when the American minister Mr Otis moves in with his wife and family, they refuse to be frightened by something as Old World as a ghost.
The Canterville Ghost vows to have his revenge and terrify them all to death with his most despicable deeds. But after the minister offers practical solutions such as Pinkerton’s Champion Stain Remover for the bloodstain in the sitting room, and the twin boys torture him by pelleting him with their peashooters, it’s the poor ghost who is left severely spooked.
Can he possibly rescue his reputation, or will the family offer him a chance to finally lay his – detachable – head down forever?
Circa l’autore
Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854. Among his greatest works are the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, the plays The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband, and the short stories ‘The Happy Prince’, ‘The Selfish Giant’ and ‘The Canterville Ghost’.
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