This is book review which also includes detailed summary about the novel- "Canterville Ghost".

3. Oscar Wilde was born on 16th
October,1854 in
Ireland. He was an Irish writer and poet. After
writing in different forms through the 1880s, he
became one of London’s most popular playwrights in
the early 1890s. He is widely remembered for his
witty comments, his epigrams and his brilliant plays.

4. At the height of his fame and
success, he produced his
Masterpiece-”The Importance of
Being Earnest” in 1895.
His other works are “The
picture of Dorian Gray”, “De
Profundis”, “The Ballad of Reading
Gaol” and “The Happy Prince”.

5. The story is about a ghost which lives in a house.
The ghost tries to scare everybody who live in the
house. He loves doing this. But everything changes
when a family from America decided to live in the
house. The family already knows that there is a
ghost in the house, but they do not believe in
ghost. The ghost plays many tricks to scare the
family but they do not work. He thinks the family
will get scared of him and will move out from the
house,but he failed.

6. The only daughter in the family, Virginia is a kind-
hearted girl. She becomes a friend of the ghost.
One day, the ghost says that he wants to sleep
because he has not taken rest for three hundred
years. He considers death to be very peaceful. He
takes Virginia along with him to the Garden of
Death. Finally, the family members find his skeleton
and it was then buried in peace. As asked by the
ghosts, virginia always visit ghost’s grave and prayed
for him.

7. The American minister, Mr Hiram B. Otis has
purchased Canterville Chase, an English country
house. Otis is warned by Lord Canterville that the
house is haunted, but he doesn’t believe in ghosts.
Washington applies some strong stain remover and
paragon detergent to the blood stain, which
disappears temporarily and reappears the next day,
then otis’s family concluded that there must be a
ghost.

8. The first night Sir Simon decides to haunt the
Americans, Mr Otis greets him with a container of
Rising Sun Lubricator for him to oil his chains so he
doesn’t disturb the family’s sleep. The twin boys
also throw a pillow at him and use their pea
shooter to throw pellets at sir simon. Due to this,
the ghost quickly retreats to his hiding place and
feels quite insulted. One night he tries to frighten
the family with one of his terrible laughs,
Mrs.Otis lets him
know that he sounds quite terrible and offers him a
bottle of Doctor Dobell’s tincture.

10. The Sir Simon’s was becoming quite weak, so
The ghost resigns to the fact that he will not be
able to frighten the “rude” American family. The
family concludes that the ghost has left Canterville
Chase, but Virginia was the only one in the family
that did not play a trick on ghost. One day, Virginia
was surprised to see the Canterville Ghost sitting by
a window. His disposition is that of someone
suffering from depression and she feels sorry for
him.

11. Virginia tries to convince Sir Simon to go to America
because they would appreciate a ghost there, but
he doesn’t want to go to America. Sir Simon also
hasn’t slept in over three hundred years. He wants
rest, but is terrified of the Garden of Death. He
believes that through Virginia he will receive
forgiveness and allowed to rest in peace. So, virginia
go along him and prayed for him so that he can rest
in peace. The story ends when Virginia get married
but still she visit ghost’s grave and pray for him.

13. Actually, when I first time look at the title of this
book, I thought it must be a very scary ghost story,
But when I read the story, it was quite interesting
because it is not scary at all. I like the ending of
the story. It was quite touching beacuse before sir
simon had gone forever,he has a friend that will
pray for him. I really enjoyed this book ! It’s
funny, imaginative, and so easy to read, so I
recommend younger readers as well as adults to read
it. Maybe some of us do not believe in ghost, but
there is always something around us that we cannot
see.