description: For three hundred years, the ghost of Canterville Chase frightened everybody in the house. Then, one day, an American family come to live there. The ghost tries hard to frighten them but he learns that this family is different. In the other stories Lord Arthur Savile has to commit murder before he can marry the lovely Sybil and we find out the secrets of the beautiful Lady Alroy. Classic short stories from Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900).
language: English
title: The Canterville Ghost
titlecomplete: The Canterville Ghost
characters: Rev. Augustus Dampier, Minister Mr Otis, Duke of Cheshire, Lord Canterville
genres: Classics, Paranormal, Ghosts, Fantasy, Gothic, Short Stories, Humor, 19th Century, Fiction, Horror
ratings_count: 58230
publisher: The Coach House Press