The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost
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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 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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  • Year: 1887
  • Pages: 38
  • ISBN-10: 1989708331
  • ISBN-13: 9781989708330
  • Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 0.2 cm, minkšti viršeliai
  • Language: English

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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 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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  • Author: Oscar Wilde
  • Publisher:
  • Year: 1887
  • Pages: 38
  • ISBN-10: 1989708331
  • ISBN-13: 9781989708330
  • Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 0.2 cm, minkšti viršeliai
  • Language: English English

This is Oscar Wilde's tale of the American family moved into a British mansion, Canterville Chase, much to the annoyance 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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