Simon meets his match in the American family who frustrate his every attempt to spook them. He is unrepentant and has enjoyed haunting ever since, using different personas to create mayhem. Sir Simon killed his wife and was left to starve to death by her brothers. An American family purchase the Canterville estate, ghost and all. The novella is less than a hundred pages and will probably take under an hour to read. It has been at least 20 years since I Iast read the book so I thought I would re-read it and compare with the televised version. This Christmas it was re-interpreted into a 4 hour (2×2 hour episodes, including adverts) version starring Caroline Catz, James Lance and the wonderful Antony Head as the Ghost. Tags: book review tv review The Canterville Ghost is a short story by Oscar Wilde written in 1887 but the style, content and commentary is surprisingly modern. The Canterville Ghost, by Oscar Wilde, and the recent TV adaptation
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