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chapter 1

 

chapter 2

 

chapter 3

 

chapter 4

 

chapter 5

 

chapter 6

 

chapter 7

Characters

Settings

The ghost story as a genre

 Main themes


 

Beliefs in ghosts

 

Traditional stories

 

Inverted ghost story

 

Humorous devices

 

Suspense devices

 

Criticism of Americans

Glossary

Quizzes


The Canterville Ghost Home


The World in a Book Home

 


 

 

 

Settings

 

 

 

Canterville Chase : It’s a big manor.

 

The Tudor hall: It’s a long, low-room, panelled in black oak, at the end of which is a long strained-glass window.


The corridor : It’s a long one.

The twins’ room : It’s called the blue bed chamber because of the colour of its hangings.

The Ghost’s room : It’s called the Tapestry chamber. It has got a green tapestry with little huntsmen and horrible animals. It has got a ring and a chained skeleton.


The garden of death : It’s a garden where the grass grows long and deep, it’s with great white stars. It’s probably a cemetery.


 

 

 

 

By Mauro and Francesco, Angela and Fadila