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The Canterville Ghost

This is best described as a story of super-natural hanky-panky; a parody of stories of the supernatural; a study of the contrasts between England and America and is probably funnier today than in its time. There was no great moral or literary lesson to be had from the story, but only a sense that if Oscar Wilde has sat down to improvise a ghost story, that was it.

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  • "Sphinx without a secret"@en
  • "CBC Radio presents The Canterville ghost"@en
  • "Canterville ghost and other stories"@en

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  • "This is best described as a story of super-natural hanky-panky; a parody of stories of the supernatural; a study of the contrasts between England and America and is probably funnier today than in its time. There was no great moral or literary lesson to be had from the story, but only a sense that if Oscar Wilde has sat down to improvise a ghost story, that was it."@en
  • "A humorous and touching ghost story that takes place in Canterville Chase, a very British mansion with a very gloomy housekeeper; it is here that the Canterville ghost has gleefully caused death and mayhem for hundreds of years-- that is, until the American family arrives."@en
  • "A celebrated and feared English ghost is outraged when the new American owners of his haunting place refuse to take him seriously and actually fight back against him."@en
  • "A celebrated and feared English ghost is outraged when the new American owners of his haunting place refuse to take him seriously and actually fight back against him."
  • "In der ironisch-humorvollen Gespenstergeschichte treffen das altehrwürdige Gespenst von Schloss Canterville und die moderne, aufgeklärte amerikanische Botschafter-Familie Otis aufeinanander. Dem Gespenst, das seit Jahrhudnerten sein Unwesen auf dem Schloss treibt und frühere Bewohner zu Nervenzusammenbrüchen oder gar in den Tod getrieben hat, gelingt es nicht, die unbekümmerte Familie zu beeindrucken. Zermürbt bittet es irgendwann um den ewigen Frieden."
  • "A ghost story of supernatural hanky-panky, a parody of stories of the supernatural, and a study and parody of the contrasts between England and America."
  • "Oscar Wilde's wit and meaning is at its best in this ghost story, considered by many the best ever written. Wilde lends himself to narration because of his quick wit and delivery. Wilde presents a traditional English ghost that Americans refuse to accept, but the finally work together to end the controversy. One of the great short stories of all time."@en
  • "Unabridged text of story."@en
  • "The Canterville ghost has been scaring tenants of Canterville manor to death for generations. But the ghost was not prepared to deal with the new American tenants, who only asked that the ghost keep it quiet."@en
  • "An amusing chronicle of the tribulations of the Ghost of Canterville Chase when its ancestral halls become the home of Hiram Otis, the American Minister to the Court of St. James. Deftly contrasting the conventional gothic ghost story with the pragmatism of the modern world, Wilde creates a satire of American materialism, a lampoon of traditional British values, and an amusing twist on the traditional gothic horror tale."

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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Humor"
  • "Short stories"@en
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Downloadable audio books"
  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "Ghost stories"@en
  • "Ghost stories"
  • "Gys og skræk"

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  • "The Canterville ghost. The Titanic is sinking"
  • "Canterville ghost"
  • "The Canterville ghost Oscar Wilde ; adapted by Neil Munro"
  • "The canterville ghost"
  • "The Canterville Ghost"
  • "The Canterville Ghost"@en
  • "The Canterville ghost Sir Laurence Olivier dramatizes Oscar Wilde's horror spoof"@en
  • "The Canterville ghost"@en
  • "The Canterville ghost"

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