Wilde Oscar

2023 · rif. BIBHB022171087 — 2023. Hardcover. New. About The Book : ""The Canterville Ghost"" is a humorous short story by Oscar Wilde. 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 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 has been adapted for the stage and screen several times. About the Author : Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde 16 October 1854 � 30 November 1900 was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and the circumstances of his criminal conviction for gross indecency for consensual homosexual acts in ""one of the first celebrity trials"" imprisonment and early death from meningitis at age 46. As a spokesman for aestheticism he tried his hand at various literary activities: he published a book of poems lectured in the United States and Canada on the new ""English Renaissance in Art"" and interior decoration and then returned to London where he worked prolifically as a journalist. Known for his biting wit flamboyant dress and glittering conversational skill Wilde became one of the best-known personalities of his day. The Title 'The Canterville Ghost written/authored/edited by Oscar wilde' published in the year 2023. The ISBN 9789356630055 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 96 Pages. The publisher of this title is GenNext Publication. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Children's Horror & Ghost Stories. Size of the book is 10.795 x 17.78 cms Vol: hardcover