by Oscar Wilde · Santillana · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429449259
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«The Canterville Ghost and Other Short Stories» is the graded reader in English by Oscar Wilde, published by Santillana in paperback.
The main story features an American family that moves to Canterville Chase, a haunted English castle; far from being frightened, the family tries to get rid of the ghost. With humour and irony, Oscar Wilde parodies the horror tale and criticises bourgeois materialism. The volume also includes other short narratives by the author.
Level 3 of the Richmond Readers collection, adaptation by Pam Davies, with illustrations by Andy Walker. 1997 edition, 78 pages.
For English students and readers looking for an adapted classic.
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s. He was a key figure in the emerging Aestheticism movement of the late 19th century and is widely regarded as the greatest playwright of the Victorian era. Wilde is best known for his Gothic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), his epigrams, plays and bedtime stories for children, as well as his criminal conviction in 1895 for gross indecency and for practicing homosexual acts.
