Ebook
The Canterville Ghost
Ebook · Sovereign
The Canterville Ghost
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Series
- Timeless Classics
- Language
- English
- Length
- 50 pages
- ISBN
- 9781910150108
- Published
- 15 December 2013
- Imprint
- Sovereign
- ghostly legend
- humor
- satire
- supernatural
- American family
- Canterville Chase
- haunting
- skepticism
- comedic encounters
- Gothic
Description
An American family moves into Canterville Chase and refuses to be frightened. Sir Simon, the resident ghost, does his duty with clanking chains and bloodstains; the Otises answer with stain-remover, Texas, and a terrible calm. Wilde’s joke is tender as well as sharp: mockery, a child’s kindness, and a haunting that wanted rest more than terror. A ghost story that prefers wit to the dark. America wins the first rounds; England keeps the grave. A child sees what the adults will not: the ghost is tired, and kindness outlasts fright.