Synopses & Reviews
Classic / British English (Available February 2008) The famous Canterville Ghost haunts an old house, but the ghost becomes unhappy when the new owners play tricks on him! In the other stories, we meet Lord Arthur Savile, who has to murder someone before he can get married, and we discover the secret life of beautiful Lady Alroy.
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Four of the English writer's finest works, among them The Sphinx Without a Secret, The Model Millionaire, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, and the title story, a delightful tale of a 300-year-old ghost who fails to intimidate the newest occupants of his manor house. Also includes the author's 6 Poems in Prose.