When the ghost makes his first appearance, Mr. Washington Otis, the eldest son, suggests that the stain will be removed with Pinkerton's Champion Stain Remover and Paragon Detergent. Umney, the housekeeper, tells her that the bloodstain is evidence of the ghost and cannot be removed. Otis notices a mysterious bloodstain on the floor and comments that "She does not at all care for bloodstains in the living room", Mrs. At first, none of the Otis family believes in ghosts but shortly after they move in, none of them can deny the presence of Sir Simon de Canterville.
Otis, their eldest son Washington, their daughter Virginia and the Otis twins. Otis says that he will take the furniture as well as the ghost at valuation. Otis and his family move into Canterville Chase, an English country house, despite warnings from Lord Canterville that the house is haunted. The American Minister to the Court of St James's, Hiram B. It has been adapted for the stage and screen several times. The story is about an American family who moved to a castle haunted by the ghost of a dead English nobleman, who killed his wife and was then walled in and starved to death by his wife's brothers. It was the first of Wilde's stories to be published, appearing in two parts in The Court and Society Review, 23 February and 2 March 1887. " The Canterville Ghost" is a humorous short story by Oscar Wilde. "He met with a severe fall" – Illustration by Wallace Goldsmith of the effects of a butter slide set up by the twins as part of their campaign of practical jokes against the ghost.
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