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The Canterville Ghost

Oscar Wilde

3.83 AVERAGE

adventurous lighthearted reflective fast-paced
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dark emotional funny lighthearted

the canterville ghost is perfect to me actually........ what a guy!!!!! love the part where he cries :-)

For a moment the Canterville ghost stood quite motionless in natural indignation; then, dashing the bottle violently upon the polished floor, he fled down the corridor, uttering hollow groans, and emitting a ghastly green light. Just, however, as he reached the top of the great oak staircase, a door was flung open, two little white-robed figures appeared, and a large pillow whizzed past his head! There was evidently no time to be lost, so, hastily adopting the Fourth dimension of Space as a means of escape, he vanished through the wainscoting, and the house became quite quiet.
dark emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

La primera vez que leí a Oscar Wilde fue con “El retrato de Dorian Gray”, quedé tan sumamente impresionada con la obra maestra ante la que me encontraba que tenía miedo de volver a enfrentarme a otro título suyo y que no estuviera a la altura. Este pasado Halloween tuve una corazonada y supe que era el momento perfecto para leer “El fantasma de Canterville y otros cuentos” del autor.

Publicada por primera vez en 1891, la obra incluye cuatro relatos, el primero de ellos y más largo es el que da título al libro y luego hallamos otras historias merecedoras de una digna mención pues todas me han gustado. Entre sus páginas nos encontraremos con historias de fantasmas, crímenes y ajetreos tenebrosos varios que deleitarán a los lectores que busquen algo oscuro para leer en esa época.

Bien es sabido que Wilde era un maestro de la narración y en estos cuentos, lo demostró una vez más. No solo brindándonos un estilo narrativo bello y pulcro, sino también por la singular y fascinante manera de ofrecernos un texto plagado de críticas camufladas en una historia aparentemente infantil de fantasmas. Su grandilocuencia deslumbra tras la mordacidad y la visión de las clases burguesas inglesas que nos ofrece.

Para finalizar, solo me queda hacer hincapié en lo especial que es este escritor para mí y lo que siento haber tardado tanto en volver a leerlo. Uno de mis victorianos favoritos que siempre gozará de un ingenio y una personalidad que se ve reflejada en todos sus textos. Obviamente pronto seguiré leyendo otros de sus cuentos y obras de teatro que sé que disfrutaré.
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I knew the The Canterville ghost plot cause I read it years ago, and rereading it with a deepest knowledge of the author and of the story itself made me appreciate it even more
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

"'Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace.'" This is classical english story about non-scary ghost. I love the movie so it was really nice to read the book, but I didn't enjoyed it, too slow not really anything happening there.
mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated