BR 2-02 The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories

The ghost was amazed and upset. No one had laughed at him before. (p.14)

This book has many short stories. So I read the story named The Canterville Ghost.

Mr Hiram B. Otis was a rich man. He is American from New York. He had come to live and work in England, but he did not want to live in London. He did not live in the city because he wanted to live in the countryside outside London. Lord Canterville had a large and very old house. The house called Canterville Chase is near London. Lord Canterville wanted to sell it. So Mr Otis visited him. He taught Mr Otis that the house has a ghost, but Mr Otis decided to buy the house. "Please remember, I told you about the ghost before you bought the house,"Lord Canterville said. Mr Otis has begun to live in the house with his family. He had a wife named Lucretia, three sons and a daughter. One day, they found a bloodstain. Triggered by it, they come to be interested in the Canterville ghost.
His daughter named Virginia met the ghost. She was surprised. She talked to him because he seemed to be depressed. Virginia got along with him.

This is a wonderful story. Do you believe in ghosts?

Colbourn, Stephen. Wilde, Oscar. (2002). The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories. Oxford:Macmillan Guided Readers.

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