Oscar Wilde

Gebundenes Buch

The Canterville Ghost

Beschreibung

An American family moves into an English estate haunted by a tortured soul. The Canterville Ghost, by Oscar Wilde is a popular short story originally published in the British magazine, The Court and Society Review. It follows the adversarial yet comedic relationship between the home's new owner and old occupant.

Autor

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was a Dublin-born poet and playwright who studied at the Portora Royal School, before attending Trinity College and Magdalen College, Oxford. The son of two writers, Wilde grew up in an intellectual environment. As a young man, his poetry appeared in various periodicals including Dublin University Magazine. In 1881, he published his first book Poems, an expansive collection of his earlier works. His only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was released in 1890 followed by the acclaimed plays Lady Windermere's Fan (1893) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mint Editions
• Seitenzahl: 36
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798888973899
• Artikelnr.: 68583282