The Canterville Ghost is a humorous short story by Oscar Wilde. It was Wilde's first published story, appearing in two parts in The Court and Society Review, February 23 and March 2, 1887.[1] The story concerns an American family who moves into a castle haunted by the ghost of an English nobleman. The nobleman killed his wife and was walled up to starve to death by her brothers. The story has been adapted numerous times for stage, film, and television.
Summary
The story begins with the American minister of the Court of St. James, Hiram B. Otis, and his entire family moving to Canterville Chase, an English country house. The family is greeted by warnings from Lord Canterville that the house is haunted. Otis says he will take both the furniture and the ghost for evaluation.
