The Canterville Ghost (A2 level) E-Book

Oscar Wilde

• Herausgeber: Imaginaria Books
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Serie: Adaptaciones
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 37

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2025

Beschreibung

The Canterville Ghost is a funny and spooky story by Oscar Wilde. An American family moves to an old house in England with a ghost, Sir Simon, who tries to scare them. But the family is not afraid! They laugh at the ghost and play tricks on him.

Leseprobe

Oscar Wilde

The Canterville

Ghost (A2)

Adapted byLara Miquel Brecia

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INDEX

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

VOCABULARY

CHAPTER 1

When Mr. Hiram B. Otis, the American Minister, bought Canterville Chase, people said it was a bad idea. They believed the house had a ghost1. Even Lord Canterville, the owner, told Mr. Otis about it.

“We don’t like to live there,” said Lord Canterville. “My grandaunt, the Duchess of Bolton, saw the ghost. It touched her shoulders with two skeleton2 hands when she was getting dressed. She got very scared and never felt well again. Other people also saw the ghost, like my family and the priest, Father August Dampier. After the Duchess’s accident, our young servants left. My wife couldn’t sleep well because of the strange noises in the corridor and the library.”

“My Lord,” answered Mr. Otis, “I will buy the house with the furniture3 and the ghost. In America, we have everything money can buy. If ghosts were real, we would already have one in a museum or in a show.”

“I think the ghost is real,” said Lord Canterville. “People have seen it for 300 years, since 1584. The ghost always appears before someone in my family dies.”

“Well, the family doctor also comes before someone dies,” said Mr. Otis. “But ghosts aren’t real. The laws of nature don’t change for the British aristocracy.”

“You are very direct in America,” commented Lord Canterville. “If you don’t mind the ghost, then it is fine. But remember I warned4 you.”

A few weeks later, Mr. Otis bought the house, and at the end of the summer he and his family moved to Canterville Chase. Mrs. Otis was a beautiful and healthy woman with bright eyes. Many American women wanted to look weak and sick because they thought it was elegant, but Mrs. Otis didn’t do this. In some ways, she was like an English lady, proving we have a lot in common with America, except the language.

Her oldest son was called Washington. His parents gave him this name because they loved their country, but he didn’t like it. He had blond hair and was quite handsome, a good dancer and he liked gardenias and aristocracy.

Miss Virginia Otis, the second daughter, was 15 years old. She had big blue eyes, was agile and full of energy and she was very good at riding horses. One day, she raced an old lord in the park and won. A young duke liked her so much that he asked her to marry him in that moment, but his family sent him back to school that night, making him cry a lot.

The Otis twins were called “The Stars and Stripes” because they always got into trouble. They were fun boys and, like their father, the only real republicans in the family.

Since Canterville Chase was seven miles from Ascot (the nearest train station), Mr. Otis sent a message to ask for a waggonette5 to pick them up. They started their trip in a happy mood. It was a beautiful evening in July, and the air smelled nice because of the pine trees.

Sometimes, they heard a pigeon singing or saw a pheasant in the grass. Small squirrels looked at them from the trees, and rabbits ran away into the bushes, their white tails in the air. But when they arrived at Canterville Chase, the sky became dark with clouds. The air was very quiet. A group of black birds flew over their heads, and before they reached the house, big drops of rain started to fall.

An old woman waited for them at the door. She wore a black silk dress, a white cap, and an apron. She was Mrs. Umney, the housekeeper6