A ghost that has been haunting an English manor for hundreds of years has finally met his match when an American family moves in and takes over.As a satirist, Oscar Wilde can do no wrong in my book. He's so sharp and droll that I can literally pick up anything he's written and I'm guaranteed amusement.
The Canterville Ghost is a short story that is essentially a critique of American views at the time of its writing - crass commercialism and the refusal to acknowledge the supernatural (despite largely identifying as Christians of some sort or another). Very appropriate for our times, I think!
It's filled with wit and humor and worth checking out if you have a couple of hours to kill.
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