The Canterville Ghost

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Oscar Wilde: The Canterville Ghost (Paperback, 1982, Vantage Press)

Paperback, 72 pages

English language

Published Dec. 9, 1982 by Vantage Press.

ISBN:
978-0-86131-295-5
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OCLC Number:
499479818

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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.

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Subjects

  • Literary
  • Fiction - General
  • Fiction