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The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde (Book Analysis)

The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

978280627358138EBookPlurilingua PublishingThis practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde. It provides a thorough exploration of the story’s plot, characters and main themes, including ghosts, superstition and the fantastic. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 38-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography of Oscar Wilde Presentation of The Canterville Ghost Summary of The Canterville Ghost Character study Sir Simon Virginia Mr. and Mrs. Otis Washington and the twins Analysis of The Canterville Ghost Actantial model Narrative structure A fantastic short story References to the Gothic novel A parodic tone About The Canterville Ghost The Canterville Ghost was the first of Oscar Wilde’s short stories to be published, and remains one of his best-known works. The ghost of the title is Sir Simon, who murdered his wife three centuries earlier and continues to terrorize his ancestors. However, when the Otises, a family of practical-minded Americans, move into Canterville Chase, they are unfazed by his antics and respond with humor and practical jokes. In this way, Wilde subverts many of the characteristics of the fantastic story and the Gothic novel, resulting in an original and memorable work. About Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde was one of the best-known writers of the 19th century, with works such as The Picture of Dorian Gray widely recognized as classics. He was a central figure of fashionable London society, known as much for his witticisms as for his writing. In spite of his apparent superficiality, he was an insightful critic and perceptive observer of human nature, as can be seen in his many works across a wide range of genres. However, his relationships with men scandalized his narrow-minded contemporaries, and after serving a two-year prison sentence, he died in poverty and obscurity in Paris in 1900.This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde. It provides a thorough exploration of the story’s plot, characters and main themes, including ghosts, superstition and the fantastic. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 38-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography of Oscar Wilde Presentation of The Canterville Ghost Summary of The Canterville Ghost Character study Sir Simon Virginia Mr. and Mrs. Otis Washington and the twins Analysis of The Canterville Ghost Actantial model Narrative structure A fantastic short story References to the Gothic novel A parodic tone About The Canterville Ghost The Canterville Ghost was the first of Oscar Wilde’s short stories to be published, and remains one of his best-known works. The ghost of the title is Sir Simon, who murdered his wife three centuries earlier and continues to terrorize his ancestors. However, when the Otises, a family of practical-minded Americans, move into Canterville Chase, they are unfazed by his antics and respond with humor and practical jokes. In this way, Wilde subverts many of the characteristics of the fantastic story and the Gothic novel, resulting in an original and memorable work. About Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde was one of the best-known writers of the 19th century, with works such as The Picture of Dorian Gray widely recognized as classics. He was a central figure of fashionable London society, known as much for his witticisms as for his writing. In spite of his apparent superficiality, he was an insightful critic and perceptive observer of human nature, as can be seen in his many works across a wide range of genres. However, his relationships with men scandalized his narrow-minded contemporaries, and after serving a two-year prison sentence, he died in poverty and obscurity in Paris in 1900.application/pdf1
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde. It provides a thorough exploration of the story’s plot, characters and main themes, including ghosts, superstition and the fantastic. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 38-page reading guide is structured as...
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde. It provides a thorough exploration of the story’s plot, characters and main themes, including ghosts, superstition and the fantastic. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.

This clear and detailed 38-page reading guide is structured as follows:

  • Biography of Oscar Wilde
  • Presentation of The Canterville Ghost
  • Summary of The Canterville Ghost
  • Character study
    • Sir Simon
    • Virginia
    • Mr. and Mrs. Otis
    • Washington and the twins
  • Analysis of The Canterville Ghost
    • Actantial model
    • Narrative structure
    • A fantastic short story
    • References to the Gothic novel
    • A parodic tone

About The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost was the first of Oscar Wilde’s short stories to be published, and remains one of his best-known works. The ghost of the title is Sir Simon, who murdered his wife three centuries earlier and continues to terrorize his ancestors. However, when the Otises, a family of practical-minded Americans, move into Canterville Chase, they are unfazed by his antics and respond with humor and practical jokes. In this way, Wilde subverts many of the characteristics of the fantastic story and the Gothic novel, resulting in an original and memorable work.

About Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde was one of the best-known writers of the 19th century, with works such as The Picture of Dorian Gray widely recognized as classics. He was a central figure of fashionable London society, known as much for his witticisms as for his writing. In spite of his apparent superficiality, he was an insightful critic and perceptive observer of human nature, as can be seen in his many works across a wide range of genres. However, his relationships with men scandalized his narrow-minded contemporaries, and after serving a two-year prison sentence, he died in poverty and obscurity in Paris in 1900.

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