Trabajo lectura inglés: THE CANTERVILLE GHOST

Author: Oscar Wilde

Summary:

Hiram Otis, The American ambassador was looking for a house, of all that he saw, only liked one, called “The Canterville Chase”, nobody want this house because the people said that in the house there was a ghost, but they didn't believe at the ghots, so they remained with the house.

When they arrived at the house, here was Mrs Humney the housekeeper. It was a wonderful day but in the house there was cloudy and fog. Inside the house found some scriptures on a window and a bloodstain on the floor. Mrs Homney said that this stain was impossible of remove. One of the sons, Washintgon gave at Mrs Homney a liquid stain remover but, when she tried remove the stain, they heard at the gost's chains, and Mrs Humney was very worried.

The next days Watshington tried without sucess remove the stain. A day, when he was sleeping, heard a chains noise, he went to the corridoor and here there was a old man, he was the Canterville Ghost. Them Mr Otis gave a bottle of oil for his chains. The ghost was forious and threw the bottle on the floor. Them the twins appeared and threw a pillow at the ghost. The next day, Virginia, the twins' old sister turned at the twins because they shouldn't do it. While, the ghost thought how could revenge.

When he tried frighten again, the twins threw his som little stones. So he decided use his demonic laugth but only get a sirup for his cought.

This time for revenge he was thinking a plan for each person, and again he coldn't do because the twins did at he a trick. At the time, the ghost stayed in her room. When again he tried frighten, a heavy bucket of water fell on him. He very humilaited went to his bedroom and in the next days nobody saw the ghost, and the stain was clear.

A day, Virginia went for ride horse, and when she returned, she enter in the ghost's room and knew his a little.

The ghost asked a big please to Virginia, because she could open the doors of the peace garden, something that he has been years.

She only must talk with the Angel of Death, and she accepted. While, the family was looking for very worried to Virginia.

Sir Simon led she with the Angel of Death, and he forgave to the ghost and accepted open the door of the peace garden.

She tell that was helpping to Sir Simon and taught the Sir Simon's skeleton that at the end he get to the peace, on the next days they organized his funeral.

Vocabulary:

• Ambarassor (8)- embajador- The Víctor's father is the ambarassor of France
• Afraid (9)- miedo- I've got afraid of spiders
• Bloodstain (14)- mancha de sangre- The villaing left some bloodstains
• Suddenly (14)- de repente- I was studying when suddenly my mother enter in my bedroom
• Storm (16)- tormenta- There are a lot of storms this night
• Frighten (16)- asustado- Pepito was frighten the last saturday
• Pillow (21)- cojín- I've got two pillows for sleep
• Tougth (30)- pensamiento- Can you read my tougths?
• Try (32)- intentar- I tried many times but never get it
• Way (36)- camino- There are a way next to my home
• Tore (36)- rasgó- She tored her trousers with this tree
• Bush (36)- arbusto- I prefer the bushes
• Tapestry (44)- tapiz- There are some tapestries in her house
• Wall (45)- muro- This wall was very old
• Empty (45)- vacía- My bag never are empty
• Meadow (45)- pradera- I love the meadow
• Jug (48)- jarra- Give me the jug!, please
• Forgave him (48)- lo perdonó- He forgave him yesterday
• Coffin (48)- ataúd- I don't like coffines

Characters:

• Washington: He is the esldest son, have dark hair and he was good-looking. He is a very insistent person. He appears on pages: 10, 14, 16, 24, 46

• Virginia: She is a beautiful fifteen-year-old girl, she has got big blue eyes, she is quiet and gentle and everybody like her. She appears on pages: 22, 36, 37, 40, 45, 47, 49
• Sir Simon: He is the Canterville Ghost, them he is called the Canterville Lord. He is a old man, he has got long grey hair and has got dark circles under his eyes. He has got heavy chains on his arms and legs. He is a very very jinx. He apears on pages on pages: 17, 21, 25, 31, 39, 44, 46, 48.