"The Canterville Ghost" — a witty play with the genre of gothic horror transformed into a comedy, Oscar Wilde's prose debut.
The combination of satire and the supernatural later 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 dreadful ghost resides. But in advanced times, when a solution has already been invented and patented for every problem, it is not the living who should fear the dead, but the dead — the living…
The book also includes the stories "The Sphinx Without a Secret," "The Portrait of Mr. W. H.," "The Remarkable Rocket," and "The Canterville Ghost."
Author: Оскар Уайльд
Printhouse: Mann, Ivanov i Ferber
Series: Eternal Stories. Young Adult
Age restrictions: 16+
Year of publication: 2025
ISBN: 9785002503193
Number of pages: 192
Size: 205x130x13 mm
Cover type: hard
Weight: 270 g
ID: 1715405