The Canterville Ghost

Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1854. After he finished his education in Ireland, he studied at Oxford University in England. He was an excellent student. He travelled a lot in Europe and made many friends. But he also made many enemies. He wore unusual clothes, and had unusual opinions about religion and life. He liked to be the centre of attention. In 1882, Oscar Wilde went on a lecture tour1 of the United States. [...]

Connect to the Internet and go to www.blackcat.vicensvives.net. Insert the title or part of the title of the book into our search engine (buscador). Open the page for The Canterville Ghost. Click on the Internet project link. Go down the page until you find the title of this book and click on the relevant link for this project. This will take you to the official Oscar Wilde website.

The Stain

The Ghost Appears

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In 1882, Oscar Wilde visited America and gave a series of lectures. He was not the first important British writer to give a lecture tour in America. Charles Dickens had been a great success in America earlier in the nineteenth century. Wilde travelled to many great cities, including New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington and Baltimore. He also went to Canada during his lecture tour. [...]

The Terrible Twins

Virginia Meets the Ghost

There are many places in Britain where there are stories about ghosts: ghosts haunt castles, palaces, churches, graveyards, old houses like Canterville Chase, theatres, even pubs and modern homes. Some ghosts look like real people. They are headless aristocrats or beautiful women. Some ghosts are adults and some are children. In other cases, they seem like a mist or a transparent white shape. Sometimes, people cannot see the ghost. [...]

Connect to the Internet and go to www.blackcat.vicensvives.net.. Insert the title or part of the title of the book into our search engine (buscador). Open the page for The Canterville Ghost. Click on the Internet project link. Go down the page until you find the title of this book and click on the first link for this project, which is for the Hampton Court Palace website.

The Garden of Death

The Flowering Tree

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