The Canterville Ghost

"The Canterville Ghost" — a witty play with the genre of gothic horror, turned into a comedy, Oscar Wilde's prose debut.

The combination of satire and the supernatural later inspired many authors and filmmakers, and the story itself is still dearly loved by readers today.

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 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 Model Millionaire", and "The Canterville Ghost".