When Mr Hiram B Otis, the American Minister, bought Canterville Chase, every one told him he was doing a very foolish thing, as there was no doubt at all that the place was haunted. Indeed, Lord Canterville himself, who was a man of the most punctilious honour, had felt it his duty to mention the fact to Mr. Otis when they came to discuss terms. Oscar Wilde
The Canterville Ghost is a 1887 short story by Irish author, Oscar Wilde. - AsNotedIn
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| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/02/23 | Oscar Wilde | Author | "The Canterville Ghost" by Oscar Wilde is serialized two parts in The Court and Society Review, 23 February and 2 March, 1897. |
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| Particulars for The Canterville Ghost: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Audience | Childrens | ||
| Architectural Style | English Tudor | ||
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Supernatural | Ghost | an apparition of a dead person which is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image | |
| Narrative Arts | Gothic Fiction | genre of decaying settings, medieval locales with dark atmosphere of isolation, mystery and terror | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Art Type | Short Story | short form narrative fiction | |
| Meteorology | Stormy Weather | ||
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