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Canterville Ghost

"The Canterville Ghost" is a horror comedy short story by Oscar Wilde. It was the first of Wilde's stories to be published, appearing in two parts as "The Canterville Ghost – A Hylo-Idealistic Romance: The Redemptive Heroine", in The Court and Society Review, 23 February and 2 March 1887.

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