The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

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The Canterville Ghost
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Author(s) Oscar Wilde
Published February 23, 1887
Publisher The Court and Society Review
Genre(s) Gothic fiction, humor
Age group teen, adult


The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde is a humorous story, originally published in 1887. The main theme is cohabitaton of a modern american family with a ghost in the old English castle of Canterville.

Trigger Warnings

  • A Skeleton
  • Death (mentioned)
  • Blood stain
  • Murder (mentioned)
  • Ghost of the dead
  • Suffocating (mentioned)
  • Suicide (mentioned)
  • Drowning (mentioned)
  • Aiming a gun at someone
  • Planning of stabbing somebody
  • Uttering Curses
  • Headless man (mentioned)
  • A Coffin
  • Homicide planning
  • Shooting (mentioned)
  • Kidnapping
  • A Funeral

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