The Canterville Ghost
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Oscar Wilde
The Canterville Ghost is a humorous short story by Oscar Wilde. It was the first of Wilde s stories to be published, appearing in two parts in The Court and Society Review, 23 February and 2 March 1887. The story is about an American family who move to a castle haunted by the ghost of a dead English nobleman, who killed his wife and was then walled in and starved to death by his wife s brothers. It has been adapted for the stage and screen several times.
