The Canterville Ghost

by Susanna Davidson (Adaptor), Oscar Wilde (Original author), Alan Marks (Illustrator)

A celebrated and feared English ghost is outraged when the new American owners of his haunting place refuse to take him seriously and actually fight back against him.

Genres: Classics, Fantasy, Childrens

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1887

About the author

Susanna Davidson also writes as Zanna Davidson.

She joined Usborne Publishing almost straight out of university and has been writing books for them pretty much ever since. She has written about everything from dinosaurs to the Queen to Fairy Ponies and tiny monsters, small enough to fit in your pocket. She is also a mum of two boys and works from home, where she spends most of her time talking to the dog and trying not to eat too much cheese.

Reviews

[maya · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this story was nice because was a bit funny and also a bit scary.

[Helen (they or he) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really loved the illustrations and the plot since the first time I read it. Found this again yesterday and read it again because why not?

Also, I searched for this book and the website told me it was CEFR C1 level which made me laugh so hard. It really isn't.

[Halimahtul Jumaah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good intereting bring me back to 18 century

[Cruz V · Rating 4 out of 5]

I remember reading this exact copy of this book in school. for some reason it smelled like vomit and that will forever stay with me

[Saranya ⋆☕︎ ˖ [hiatus] · Rating 3 out of 5]

We had to do an annual play on this and that was the best annual play I had ever seen in my life... I immediately had to read the book

[Melanie, Aaron, Annie, and Mary Project · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read by: Melanie
Genre: Supernatural
Author: Oscar Wilde Illustrator: Alan Marks
Interest Level: 2
Grade Level Equivalent: N/A
DRA: N/A
Lexile: 550 L

The Canterville Ghost has waited 500 years for his final rest, but can never seem to get there. He haunts the castle, where he murdered his wife and was starved to death, trying to scare away all who stay there. He is successful until the Otis' move in and he is himself scared until he can convince one of the children to try to help free him from his life as a ghost. Sometimes it takes a scary book to catch a students attention to get them interested in reading so this book has the ability to do that at a young age without being too scary.

[Ashish Ojha]

gud

[Slow Man · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am reading this again. Hope to enjoy the illustrations. I like the original. Hilarious.