THE ATHENAEUMThe Canterville GhostOscar Wilde
Ghosts
The Canterville Ghost
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textAn American diplomat buys an English country house, ghost included, and his family flatly refuse to be frightened. The ancient bloodstain is scrubbed away with Pinkerton’s Champion Stain Remover, the ghost is offered lubricator for his rattling chains, and the twins set traps for him. Wilde plays it for laughs until, quite suddenly, he doesn’t.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 45 minutes
- Where to find it
- The Ghost-Story Parlour; The Evening Room; The English Reading Room
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #14522. In the public domain in the United States.