The Canterville Ghost is a short story by Oscar Wilde. A modern American family moves into an English stately home - Canterville Chase. It turns out to be a traditionally drafty and very haunted English mansion, complete with the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville - blood-stains, clanking chains and all.
In this castle the crusty old ghost has a tough time convincing the family he exists and cannot even succeed in frightening them. This is extremely frustrating of course to him and as the protagonist of the story, the ghost takes matters (and non-matters) into his hands to deal with the upstart and irreverent new tenants.
The Canterville Ghost, was the first of Wilde's stories to be published and appeared in two parts in The Court and Society Review, in February and March 1887. Audiobook read by James K. White, running time 1 hour, 9 min. Unabridged full version. Also available as E-Book, ePUB, length 11,700 words, average reading time 1 hour.
The Canterville Ghost is a short story by Oscar Wilde. A modern American family moves into an English stately home - Canterville Chase. It turns out to be a traditionally drafty and very haunted English mansion, complete with the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville - blood-stains, clanking chains and all.
In this castle the crusty old ghost has a tough time convincing the family he exists and cannot even succeed in frightening them. This is extremely frustrating of course to him and as the protagonist of the story, the ghost takes matters (and non-matters) into his hands to deal with the upstart and irreverent new tenants.
The Canterville Ghost, was the first of Wilde's stories to be published and appeared in two parts in The Court and Society Review, in February and March 1887. Audiobook read by James K. White, running time 1 hour, 9 min. Unabridged full version. Also available as E-Book, ePUB, length 11,700 words, average reading time 1 hour.
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Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was een Ierse toneelschrijver en auteur. Hij werd bekend door zijn rol in de esthetische en decadente beweging, en werd gezien als een van de meest succesvolle toneelschrijvers van het Victoriaanse tijdperk. Het portret van Dorian Gray is zijn enige gepubliceerde roman.
