The canterville ghost [hardcover]

There was no doubt about it, Canterville Chase was haunted- clanking chains, hollow groans. ghostly green lights, bloodstains on the carpet. It was all the work of the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville who died in 1575. He had been a very successful ghost for 300 years: he'd frightened the Dowager Duchess into a fit, sent four housemaids into hysterics, and made the wicked Lord Canterville choke on the jack of diamonds.

But all this changed when the Otis family bought Canterville Chase.

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The Otis children threw pillows at him, fired pea-shooters at him, and set booby traps for him all over the house. His nerves became completely shattered, he jumped at the slightest sound, and became too frightened to leave his room. No ghost in history had ever been treated like him. What was he to do?

Oscar Wilde's famous short story has been vividly and humorously brought to life by one of England's most talented young artists, Jez Alborough.