As a dramatist, many of Wilde’s plays were well received, including his satirical comedies Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893), An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), his most famous play. In 1891, he published The Picture of Dorian Gray, his only novel which was panned as immoral by Victorian critics, but is now considered one of his most notable works. After graduating from Oxford University, he lectured as a poet, art critic and a leading proponent of the principles of aestheticism. He was famous for his brilliant wit, flamboyant style and his works of fiction. An author, playwright and poet, Oscar Wilde was a popular literary figure in late Victorian England. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. At the risk of her own life, Virginia travels with the ghost to another dimension, and helps him to finally rest in peace. Virginia encounters the ghost at the end of the novel, and accepts his plea for help to lift the curse on him.
He hates them all, except the teenaged Virginia, who is different from the rest of her family. The ghost considers it a great insult that the American family is not scared of him. In a role reversal, the ghost is scared after scaring people for more than three hundred years. But when the notorious Canterville Ghost makes his appearance, the family is not afraid at all. But that does not deter the family, who do not believe in ghosts. An American family named Otis moves into an old English mansion called Canterville chase. It is both a parody of the traditional ghost story and a satire of the American way of life. Wilde takes an American family, places them in a British setting, then, through a series of mishaps, pits one culture against the other. The Canterville Ghost is a study in contrasts. We see him brave, frightening, distressed, scared, and finally, depressed and weak. During the course of the story, we come to understand the complexity of the ghost's emotions. The story takes place in an old English country house, Canterville Chase, which has all the accoutrement of a traditional haunted house.
The Canterville Ghost is a popular short story by Oscar Wilde, widely adapted for the screen and stage.
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