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    <body><![CDATA[For 300 years Sir Simon has successfully haunted and spooked everyone and anyone residing in his ancestral home, Canterville Chase, then the Otis family from America comes along and suddenly scaring isn’t coming so easily for Simon anymore.<br/><br/>I was in love with this story in the 7th grade...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48519025">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A terrifying ghost is haunting the ancient mansion of Canterville Chase, complete with creaking floorboards, clanking chains and gruesome disguises - but the new occupants seem strangely undisturbed by his presence. Deftly contrasting the conventional gothic ghost story with the pragmatism of the modern world, Wilde creates a gently comic fable of the conflict between old and new. Rupert Degass hilarious reading brings the absurdity and theatricality of the story to life.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I should have guessed that any story as clever as &quot;The Canterville Ghost&quot; had to come from Oscar Wilde ... but I had no idea that the play with which I was so familiar was an adaptation.  (I should probably turn in my &quot;I &lt;3 Oscar Wilde&quot; club membership for this gap in my educa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75544711">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Oscar Wilde's story of <em>The Canterville Ghost</em> tells the tale of a malevolent ghost who discovers there is no peace to be found when a rumbustious American family take over his ancestral home.<p> This classic tale by one of the 19th century's most celebrated wits is here reproduced in a stunning little book with stylish illustrations which perfectly capture the atmosphere and imagination of the story. An ideal gift for young readers who enjoy classic stories, <em>The Canterville Ghost</em> is perfect for reading alone or reading aloud. (Age 7 and over) --<em>Susan Harrison</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Normally, I find this kind of classic hard to read.  This less so than most &amp; there was a good deal of humor to it.  It's obviously a classic &amp; has been made into a bunch of movies, most worth watching.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Oscar Wilde's story of <em>The Canterville Ghost</em> tells the tale of a malevolent ghost who discovers there is no peace to be found when a rumbustious American family take over his ancestral home.<p> This classic tale by one of the 19th century's most celebrated wits is here reproduced in a stunning little book with stylish illustrations which perfectly capture the atmosphere and imagination of the story. An ideal gift for young readers who enjoy classic stories, <em>The Canterville Ghost</em> is perfect for reading alone or reading aloud. (Age 7 and over) --<em>Susan Harrison</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite Oscar Wilde stories.  You just have to feel for the poor ghost trying to scare Americans who refuse to believe in him.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[ Seit seinem Hungertod im Jahre 1575 ist Sir Simon de Canterville der wahre Hausherr im Schloss, hat mit seiner Spukerei Generationen von Bewohnern in die Flucht geschlagen, zuletzt die Witwe Herzogin von Bolton, der er zwei Knochenhände auf die Schultern legte. Doch Unheil naht. Fröhliche Klarinettenklänge kündigen den Einzug der Familie Otis an. Der amerikanische Botschafter samt Frau und vier Kindern halten nicht viel von englischer Gespenstertradition.<p>  Fortan gibt's nichts mehr zu lachen. Rutschbahnen aus Butter und Erdnußschalen, ausgelegt von den kleinen Rotzlöffeln Ronnie und Freddie bringen Simon in ernste Schwierigkeiten. Als Washington Otis, der älteste Sohn der Familie schließlich auch noch der historischen Blutlache mit Pinkertons Fleckweg zu Leibe rückt, stürzt Sir Simon in eine tiefe Identitätskrise. Eine Paraderolle für Henning Schlüter. Hin- und herstolpernd zwischen Entrüstung, Verzweiflung und wilden Rachegelüsten lässt er die von Oscar Wilde zugegebenermaßen dankbar angelegte Figur zum Star der Produktion werden. Dorothee Hartinger, die den Part des rettenden Engels Virginia Otis übernommen hat, wird von dem mal heulenden mal vor Wut rasenden Gespenst regelmäßig an die Wand gespielt.<p>  Wunderbar klischeehaft eingesetzt sind die unverzichtbaren Merkmale einer Schauergeschichte. Rasselnde Ketten, wimmernde Käuzchen, unheilvoll donnernde Gewitter, dazu düstere Paukenschläge. Das macht das Hörspiel schaurig-schön, märchenhaft verstaubt und voller Ironie, ganz wie die literarische Vorlage von 1887.<p>  <em>Das Gespenst von Canterville</em> ist sicher das beliebteste Kunstmärchen Wildes. Er hat die Geschichte vom Aufeinanderprallen der alten und neuen Welt mit einem Augenzwinkern erzählt, das in der Hörspielbearbeitung von Lilian Westphal prächtig zur Geltung kommt. Die Kinder werden sich über die wunderbaren Geräuscheffekte, die gruselige Atmosphäre und die komödiantischen Einlagen von Henning Schlüter freuen, die Erwachsenen mögen schmunzeln und sich rühren lassen von der Moral der Geschichte, dass die Liebe von einer so großen Kraft ist, die sogar den Tod überdauert.<p>  Die Hörspielproduktion des Bayerischen Rundfunks ist 60 Minuten lang und ist mit Schauspielern wie Phillip Moog, Peter Fricke und Rufus Beck exquisit besetzt. <em>--Cornelia Eulitz</em></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>Wenn ein Gespenst verzweifelt ...</strong><br/>	<br/>... dann können nur die Amerikaner Schuld sein. So zumindest sieht das Oscar Wilde in dieser herrlichen Satire. Die Familie des amerikanischen Gesandten zieht nach Canterville Chase und dort spukt es seit Jahrhunderten. Das dortige Gespenst hat schon ei...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39890254">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Este libro es genial! a diferencia de muchos clasicos,su lenguaje no es rebuscado al punto del cansancio y su humor realmente me hace reir, ademas los personajes son tan ingenua o despreocupadamente divertidos que simplemente tienes que quererlos. He visto adaptaciones cinemtograficas pero definitiv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38471593">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I missed this book out, my fault. Didn't find the humour, the wit, the wickedness (?) typical to Wilde. And though short, by the end of it, I started to get bored. Again, probably my fault, I don't click with ghosts and the American vs European controversy  (though acrimonious towards both s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53839992">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've always wanted to read this because my seventh grade class performed it as a play. I played Virginia, the Golden Girl, who we constantly referred to as the Golden Graham. We were all very juvenile (we were 12 years old, after all) and I figured the play had been made more modern and even rather ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11682769">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b008hvvx/The_Canterville_Ghost_Episode_1/" title="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b008hvvx/The_Canterville_Ghost_Episode_1/">http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00...</a><br/><br/>Oscar Wilde's story about a tormented spirit laid to rest through a display of true love.<br/><br/>There are some very funny ideas in this little gem.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Hilarious and very unusual for Wilde, but no less good for it. Not one of my favorites by him (wait, does that mean it is less good? Hmm...well it's still wonderful1), but still a great read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i expected more on this short story, but it may be composed as a bed story. Otis family (an American family) who didn't really believe that ghosts cause much harm to people moved on in a haunted house with a ghost. This ghost tried everything to frighten them out of their wits, but he never succeede...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73444516">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Such a clever book.  I really like Oscar Wilde for his clever writing.  This is a short read, but highly entertaining.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I saw the movie years and years ago as a small kid.  I never got around to reading the book.  Maybe it'll happen in 2009!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An enjoyable ghost story. Wilde has a sense of humour, and contrasts his American and British characters. <br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite books from Oscar Wilde. Both scary and sweet, with some pretty funny moments. ]]></body>
    
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