Oscar Wilde

El Fantasma De Canterville Oscar Wilde

Publisher Marketing: Una sofisticada familia norteamericana, los Otis, compra el anejo castillo ingles de los Canterville. El anciano dueno les habla entonces de que en la mansion habita desde tiempos inmemoriales el colerico fantasma de Lord Simon Canterville, que mato a su esposa y cuyo cuerpo desaparecio despues misteriosamente. Lejos de amedrentarse, los inquilinos compran el castillo con fantasma incluido, y acaban sometiendo al pobre espectro anacronico, que acaba siendo juguete y victima de los dos ninos terribles de la familia. Tal vez sea EL FANTASMA DE CANTERVILLE la novela mas conocida y celebrada de Wilde, que ha pasado por meritos propios a la lista de obras inolvidables y fundamentales de la literatura universal." Contributor Bio:  Wilde, Oscar Oscar Wilde was a Victorian-era British author and playwright. In his youth, Wilde became attached to the Aesthetic Movement, which emphasized the appreciation of the aesthetic value of cultural creations above social or political purposes, and this philosophy influenced his work throughout his career. The themes of art and beauty are particularly present in his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, , and in his two most popular dramatic works, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest. A quarrel with the Marquess of Queensberry, the father of Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred, resulted in Wilde's arrest and imprisonment for gross indecency. Wilde died in 1900, penniless and in exile, as a result of cerebral meningitis contracted while in prison.