- Hardcover: 64 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press (October 1987)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0192798189
- ISBN-13: 978-0192798183
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 15 x 1.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 286 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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From School Library Journal
Grade 7 Up Lovers of Oscar Wilde's stories will delight in this new illustrated version of The Canterville Ghost if the picture book format does not keep them from finding it. Wilde's story of an American family who moves into Canterville Chase and annoys a weary ghost with their lack of belief in him is a wry commentary on the ways of British nobility and of their hard-headed American cousins. Like many of Wilde's tales, this one is filled with sophisticated allusions to his social and political milieu, but ends as sentimental romance. Zwerger's wry pictures highlight this tone beautifully. Her toothless ghost is round and comical, as would suit a ghost whom no one fears, and her heroine, Virginia, is young and sweetly boyish. All of the illustrations are set against misty gray watercolor backgrounds except for the climactic scene, echoed on the front cover, in which the tiny huntsmen on the wallpaper call out to Virginia to ``Go Back.'' This will make a fine read-aloud for audiences of secondary students who are prepared to savor Wilde's ironic humor and Zwerger's delicate watercolors. Barbara Chatton, College of Education, University of Wyoming, Laramie
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Gr. 7^-12. Although first published in 1891, this ghost story remains a classic of Wildean wit and Victorian sentimentality. True, some of the references to melodrama and nineteenth-century Anglo-American attitudes may elude modern readers, but the basic story of a hardheaded American family that buys a haunted British manor house and proceeds to drive the resident ghost nearly crazy with its skepticism is still a delight, as are Wilde's epigrams: "We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language." Austrian illustrator Zwerger, a master of the exquisite line, has captured the look of the period and the liveliness of the story in this oversize volume. Michael Cart
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A favorite ghost story,
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This review is from: The Canterville Ghost (Paperback)
It's rare for a ghost story to be sympathetic towards the ghost or to flush out the ghosts character. Usually the ghost is just there to frighten the main characters and the readers. The Canterville Ghost however does make the ghost an interesting and understandable character without letting the suspense suffer.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The friendly ghost,
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This review is from: The Canterville Ghost (Paperback)
This is a nice, short and easy story to read, it will show you the way people think about themselves and about others, you can read this fairy tale while waiting in the airport, it won't take you more that an our to read it, OK, maybe two hours and you will have a smile after you finish the book.
4.0 out of 5 stars
short and easy to read,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Canterville Ghost (Paperback)
The Canterville Ghost is a small book, which is quite easy to read.It is a funny story and there are a lot of jokes. Sometimes it is a little bit boring., but when you like the spiritual then you like this book. It is a fantasy history, who you can use your own imagination. It is also a sad story, although superficially there is a happy ending. There you see the difference between the serious minded English people and the practical Americans You can see parallels between the story and the writer. Oscar Wilde had a very difficult life at the end, and in his story it is the ghost, which suffers a lot because of the fact that he has no audience who is willing to pay attention to his pranks. I think it is a good book to read at school. And I have loved the jokes very much and I like the mystical and spiritual side of this book too.
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