The Canterville Ghost - E Outras Histórias

Oscar Wilde

Macmillan

2005

74 páginas

2h 28m

ISBN-1: 0

Português Brasileiro

A typical American family of late-XIXth century buys a manor in England, the propery of Lord Canterville. Turns out that an ancestor of this lord, who holds the same name, is a ghost still wandering around the big and old house. And he is terribly annoyed and disturbed by the irreverent behavior of the Americans who, in the first place, don't believe in ghosts. That is, until they discover him and make him the target of their irreverence. Every day, Washington, one of the children, erases a centuries-old blood stain from the floor of the library, and every night the phantom paints it again, increasingly in strange colors. He grows more and more disheartened, until Virginia, the nice daughter of the family, comes along... Wilde's is a funny tale, a funny comparison between Americans and British, a compassionate look at ghosts, and an unforgettable story with the characteristic wit and smartness of a fine craftsman of literature.

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Pobre fantasma

— 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟕.
“Sim, Morte. A Morte deve ser tão linda. Deitar na terra escura e macia, com a relva ondeando acima de nós, e escutar o silêncio. Não existir ontem nem amanhã. Esquecer o tempo, esquecer a vida, estar em paz.”

Minha primeira leitura de Oscar Wilde foi super satisfatória. Um conto rápido que ironiza as histórias de assombrações como conhecemos. Fluído, engraçado e emocionante, perfeito para esvaziar a mente e ainda deixar o leitor com gostinho de quero mais.