The Canterville Ghost
Format: ebook
ISBN:
2940013649965 (0013649965)
Publish date: August 5th 2011
Publisher: Robin Michell
Edition language: English
by Oscar Wilde This is one of those Classic stories I've meant to read for years and have finally got to it. Oscar Wilde comes from an era when characters were written bigger than life, even when they are dead. Many clichés of ghost story writing, like blood stains that reappear after being cleane...
This short-story by Oscar Wilde was charming and not in the least bit scary. I will say, however, that it’s amongst one of my least favourite works of his. The ending made me smile, though, and elevated it for me. It’s likely that most people have read this or heard a lot about it, so I won’t go i...
The Canterville Ghost is a charming novella by Oscar Wilde, dating, I believe, to about 1887. The American Minister to the Court of St. James rents the country house of the Canterville family, despite being informed that it's haunted by a dire ghost, because he doesn't believe in ghosts. Also he f...
The ghost looses. Outrageously. Quick and hilarious. Drama queen ghost, terror twins, painter mary-sue (*snigger* that paint chat, lol), prepared big brother (stain remover in his pocket?) and practical American Minister, it was all fun. Hands down, the theatrical haunting anecdotes were where I w...
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