The Canterville Ghost

"The Canterville Ghost" — a witty play with the gothic horror genre, transformed into a comedy, Oscar Wilde's prose debut.
The combination of satire and the supernatural subsequently inspired many authors and filmmakers, and the story remains beloved by readers to... this day.
The Otis family moves from America to England and settles in Canterville Chase, where, according to rumors, a terrible ghost resides. But in advanced times, when solutions have already been invented and patented for every problem, it is not the living who should fear the dead, but the dead who should fear the living…
The book also includes the stories "The Sphinx without a Secret", "The Portrait of Mr. W. H.", "The Model Millionaire", and "The Canterville Ghost".