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I re-read this short story for the first time in a very long time and I found myself laughing out loud through the absurd situations. I can't stress enough how Oscar Wilde had such a gift for humor and irony. His writing feels modern and topical no matter how much time passes. I will never not enjoy his more humorous writing.

Rereading this for #Victober is so fun

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October 5th #Ghost
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I'm catching up for the last few days 🧛🏻‍♂️
The Magick & Alchemy podcast: small spells
The Centerville Ghost: It was a reread, I love the story.
Interview With the Vampire: loved the first episode.
#TeamMonsterMash #ScarathlonWordSearch @StayCurious #AutumnBingo2022 #publishedbefore1900 (1887) @Ann_Reads #LittenListen #LittenListenBingo #charactergoesmissing @aperfectmjk #Stabbybingo #HauntedHouse #BodyCountBingo #backfromthedead @PuddleJumper

I'm on a role today apparently and finished a 2nd book while on my after work walk. The tagged book was short and satisfying and counts as a #TeamTheme read for #TeamHendrix. #Bingo #Scarathlon2021 @StayCurious
#spookoween @TheSpineView
#screamathon @4thhouseontheleft
#LittenListen @aperfectmjk

3 stars

There's something poetic in reading The Canterville Ghost while it's snowing.
I used to love the snow years ago, then I took my driving license 😆

#OscarWilde #Cantervilleghost #snowing

Charming 42 page short story. I must read more Oscar Wilde. I‘ll put him on the list!

Listened to a podcast about Oscar Wilde yesterday and uploaded all his books just before... Just in case... Oh well, I started reading The Cahterville Ghost instead of continuing with my current book ;)

And Happy Halloween from very enthusiastic vampire #Zeus !😂😸🧛🏾‍♂️

This was utterly charming! Oscar Wilde is such a delight.

#Screamathon #littenlisten #CreatureFeaturethon #Gothtober #Scarathlon2020 #TeamHarkness
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Well, I‘m behind with posting again. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Finished Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & The Canterville Ghost during #OutstandingOctober. #sbooktober

Finished The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde & The Halloween Tree during #ReadYourWay. #gothtober #ghostathon20 #nameinthetitlereadathon #readallweekcgb

#scarathlon #teamslaughter #cocoturns50 #screamathon #fallreadathon #10dayreadathon

Two #outstanding books I‘ve read this month. Gave them both ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ on GR!
#wordsofoctober

This is a fun little story in which an American family moves into an old English castle that‘s haunted by a ghost...sitcom-like hijinks ensue! 👻 It‘s great to finally read something by Oscar Wilde, whom I‘ve always known more for his personality and quotable quotes than for his actual writing.

46 pts #teamharkness #scarathlon2020 #littenlisten #screamathon #outstandingoctober

I adored this cute (and hilarious) ghost story! I‘ve had the urge to read more classics lately, and this was a quick, fun story to get started.

+16 #teamharkness
#scarathlon2020 #screamathon #outstandingoctober #october20in4 #littenlisten

Humorous, light, thought provoking and A CLASSIC! A complete package?.

"He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both."

"My dear Hiram," cried Mrs. Otis, "what can we do with a woman who faints?" "Charge it to her like breakages," answered the Minister; "she won't faint after that." ??

"Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!"

Loved this original and surprisingly sweet story! I haven‘t read Oscar Wilde in ages and this felt kind of gentler than some of this other stories I‘ve read. Fairytale-ish but still sharp.

#scarathlon2020 #teamharkness @StayCurious +16 pts

This was my first Oscar Wilde and I loved it! Would you just let the poor ghost haunt?!?!?!

Also, Serial Reader has become one of my new favorite apps. I can‘t remember who recommended it, but thank you!!

I‘m counting 1 hour for it - I promise to make up the four minutes somewhere.

+36 pts #TeamHarkness #CYOReadathon #Screamathon2020 #Scarathlon2020

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A firm favourite from my childhood. When the wealthy American family, the Otises buy Canterville Chase, they do so ‘ghost and all‘, being modern and progressive people they do not believe in his existence. Sir Simon de Canterville has other ideas and hilarity ensues as he attempts to haunt them. It falls to young Virginia to save the family and the ghost #Scarathlon2020 #TeamSlaughter mystery/thriller (16 points).

A gentle start to #Scarathlon2020 with this comical ghost story while on the school run #TeamSlaughter (1 point)

I feel like I should read more of Oscar Wilde‘s work. These are the two I know I‘ve read. #AugustAuthors

I‘m trying to get back into @SerialReader so I figured I‘d start with a short one. Settled in with my coffee this morning to finish the first issue. #classicschallenge2020

This reminded me just why I love Oscar Wilde so much ❤️ It was beautiful and thoughtful, yet at the same time there were parts when I literally found myself laughing out loud.

Christmas time - movie time. As announced watching the Canterville Ghost, but the Patrick Stewart version. It‘s a bit shallow and not as funny as the novel, but okay. #oscarwilde #thecantervilleghost

Finished this one on a single flight. Never knew that a) the Canterville Ghost was this funny and b) it was writen by Wilde. I thought it was supposed to a gothic novel. Next aim: Watch the movie with Patrick Stewart as the Ghost. 🤗
#oscarwilde #thecantervilleghost

They were evidently People on a low, material plane of existence, and quite incapable of appreciating the symbolic value of sensuous phenomena. 😂

Delighted to find on old library card pocket in this book.

Book #50

Snuck in one more quick #audiobook before the #screamathon is over. An oldie but a goodie!

“Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.”

“He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.”

Two beautiful quotes from the book. A humorous ghost story tinged with satire. Enjoyable read.
#Screamathon RC
#SerialReader

Loved this ghost story. It‘s a different take on ghosts.

Listening to The Canterville Ghost on this crisp late October fall morning with some Frankenbones coffee ☕️🍁👻

Maybe it is all going to be okay...

Also, holy smokes! @lele1432 I received your giant #NightmareSwap package!! 🤭🤭 Can‘t wait until Halloween to open!! 🎃🖤🎃🖤🎃🖤

👻 This was a fun ghost story! 👻 Oscar Wilde is one of my favorite authors, though, so I love everything he wrote!

I‘m sorry to say that this was my first time reading this classic. I‘d seen the movie, but somehow have never gotten around to reading the book. Loved it! Such a fun take on a ghost story!

This is possibly my favorite ghost story I have read because it is so different! An American family moves into an old haunted English manor, and the ghost is extremely offended that they are not afraid of him. 😱😂
Read via @SerialReader

#scarathlon #teamslaughter
+5 book finished +1 post

#Scarathlon #TeamStoker #monsters #ghostly #chillingphotochallenge
A cute and short ghost story.

2 points - book read and participation

#Spooktober @Eggs
#Chills

Do ghosts give you the chills?

For anyone reading this review and thinking this book 📖 is not for you because you're scared of ghost stories, I can promise you that it's really not scary at all - I would describe it as more of a comedy and a clever sattire! What I am continually impressed by is how modern and fresh Oscar Wilde's prose still sounds. It would be easy to forget it was penned in the late 1800s. I really enjoyed this unusual little book! It's funny, imaginative👍👻

I listened to this extremely short story as part of the audio file sync program. What a fun story about a ghost who meets his match.

I loved the portrayal of the bulldozer type American patriarch and his family. Hyperbolically hilarious.

Wilde‘s wit is certainly present in this one, but I didn‘t find it as enjoyably absurd as Importance of Being Earnest (against which all things are measured.) The plot turned surprisingly sappy, and reminded me of The Abbot Ghost by Alcott.

I am looking forward to seeing the Margaret O‘Brien film, though it appears to lack verisimilitude. 😆

“It is absurd asking me to behave myself, quite absurd. I must rattle my chains, and groan through keyholes, and walk about at night, if that is what you mean. It‘s my only reason for existing.”

This was a short read about a ghost who can‘t scare the new American tenants of his old English castle.

In the background the Champions League match between Ajax and Juventus. On to the semi finals we go ⚽️🎉!

I loved this movie years ago and mentioned it to the hubs ( @TheWhiteHatter ) recently. So he put the DVD in my Christmas stocking yesterday, and we‘re watching it now. ❤️

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Catching up on reviews!
#audiobook
#overdrive

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#overdrive

A humorous novella. Read to know what ensues in the Canterville Chase when an American family moves to England and decides to reside in the house haunted by the Canterville Ghost. The ending is beautiful!
@SerialReader provides this in just 4 issues! Enjoy!
📷: The Halloween decorations at Disneyland, Paris. It was an amazing sight.

Thanks for the #friyayintro tag @Gissy !

1. Babysitting the new and old canine babies. 🙄🐶❤️😂
2. CST
3. I don't have one, but I loved the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and I hope to get to the Canterville Ghost this year.
4. I almost ONLY reread, but I've found new favorites thanks to Litsy!
5. Will do! 🙌

Thanks again to Litsy for introducing me to Hoopla! Just listened to this fun short story. (So appropriate for the season. ) An ancient family ghost 👻 meets the new owners of his castle, a Republican and his family. Oscar Wilde is a very witty author.

Read this little short story while waiting at the kids' dentist appointments. Such a classic ghost story wit Wilde's sense of humor mixed in.

#litsyclassics #serialreader #ghosts