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1. Canterville
Ghost
by Oscar Wilde

2. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
• “Yes: I am a dreamer.
For a dreamer is one
who can only find his
way by moonlight, and
his punishment is that
he sees the dawn before
the rest of the world.”

3. • was born in Dublin on 16 October 1854.
• his father was a successful surgeon and his
mother was a writer and literary hostess.
• Wilde was educated at Trinity College, Dublin
and Magdalen College, Oxford.

4. Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde
was a popular Irish poet, novelist
and dramatist. His most famous
works include “The Picture of
Dorian Gray ”, “The importance of
Being Earnest” and others.

5. Oscar Wild is also known for his
excellent short stories, one of them
is “Canterville Ghost” .

6. The “Canterville Ghost”
was first published
serially in 1887 in Court
and Society Review, a
magazine for the
leisured upper classes.
But the story did not
immediately receive
much critical attention.
Then, in 1891, it was republished in Lord
Arthur Savile's Crime, and Other Stories

7. This story is about an
American ambassador
and his family who buy a
house although the locals
warn them that ghosts
live in it. After several
incidents, the Otis family
began to notice the
Canterville Ghost.

8. The Otis family consists of Mrs. and
Mr. Otis, their daughter Virginia,
their twin sons and their eldest
son, Washington.

9. Character
Sketches

10. Lord Canterville
He belonged to a very old British family who
had been the owner of Canterville Chase for
three centuries. He sold the haunted house to
Hiram Otis after warning him about the ghost.

11. Mr. Otis
The father of the Otis family
and the American
Ambassador, who bought
the Canterville Chase. He
came from ‘a modern
country where they have
everything that money can
buy’. He is determined,
inflexible, rational, practical
and pragmatic. He is a true
American.

12. Mrs. Otis
middle-aged woman, with fine eyes, and a
superb profile’. She was ‘quite English’ with
‘wonderful amount of animal spirits’. Moreover
she wasn’t scared of the ghost and even asked
him if he wants a remedy for his stomach.
She is the wife of the American
Ambassador. Having been well
known for her beauty she is
described as ‘a very handsome,

13. Washington
He was the eldest of the
Otis children. We are told
that Washington, named
after the first President of
the United States, did not
like his name very much.
He is described as ‘fair-
haired’, ‘good-looking’ and
an ‘excellent dancer’.

14. The Twins
They were the youngest of the
family and were usually called
‘The Star and Stripes’,
as they were always getting
swished for their tricks.
Especially, they liked to play
tricks on ghost.

15. Virginia
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Otis. Virginia is described
as “a little girl of fifteen, lithe
and lovely as a fawn, and with
a fine freedom in her large blue
eyes.” Virginia accompanied
the Ghost to the angel of death
and request Death to let him
pass on. And the Ghost made
her “see what Life is, and what
Death signifies, and why Love is
stronger than both”.

16. The Ghost
Sir Simon the Canterville, the ghost, killed his wife
because she ‘was very plain, and knew nothing about
cookery’, and then 9 years
later he disappeared very
mysteriously. His body
was never discovered and
his ghost haunted the
Chase. But thanks to
Virginia he finally
managed to rest in peace.

17. Quiz

18. • What famous works of Oscar Wild do you
know?
• “The Picture of Dorian Gray ”, “The
importance of Being Earnest”, “Canterville
Ghost”

19. • Who was the parents of Oscar Wild?
• His father was a successful surgeon and his
mother was a writer and literary hostess.

20. • Where was the “Canterville Ghost” first
published?
• The ‘Canterville Ghost’ was first published in
Court and Society Review, a magazine for the
leisured upper classes.

21. Who is
who?

22. • Who was called «The Star and Stripes»?
• The twins.
• Who belonged to a very old British family?
• Lord Canterville.

23. • Who was ‘fair-haired’, ‘good-looking’ and an
‘excellent dancer’?
• Washington .
• Who was ‘quite English’ with ‘wonderful
amount of animal spirits’?
• Mrs. Otis.

24. • Who accompanied the Ghost to the Angel of
Death and request Death to let him pass on?
• Virginia.
• Who killed his wife?
• Sir Simon the Canterville, the Ghost.

25. Well done!