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The Canterville Ghost

126 pages
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Published: 23 Feb 1987
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ISBN: 9780744549515

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Publisher: Walker Books

Publication date: 1 January 1997

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Description

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...