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1、TheCantervilleGhostWilde,OscarPublished:18871AboutWilde:OscarFingalO'FlahertieWillsWilde(October16,1854–November30,1900)wasanIrishplaywright,novelist,poet,andshortstorywriter.Knownforhisbarbedwit,hewasoneofthemostsuccessfulplaywrightsoflateVictorianLondon,andoneoftheg
2、reatestcelebritiesofhisday.Astheresultofafamoustrial,hesufferedadramaticdownfallandwasim-prisonedfortwoyearsofhardlabourafterbeingconvictedoftheoffenceof"grossindecency".ThescholarH.MontgomeryHydesuggeststhistermimplieshomosexualactsnotamountingtobuggeryinBritishlegis
3、-lationofthetime.Source:Wikipedia2Chapter1WhenMr.HiramB.Otis,theAmericanMinister,boughtCantervilleChase,everyonetoldhimhewasdoingaveryfoolishthing,astherewasnodoubtatallthattheplacewashaunted.Indeed,LordCantervillehimself,whowasamanofthemostpunctilioushonour,hadfeltit
4、hisdutytomentionthefacttoMr.Otiswhentheycametodiscussterms.“Wehavenotcaredtoliveintheplaceourselves,”saidLordCanterville,“sincemygrand-aunt,theDowagerDuchessofBolton,wasfrightenedintoafit,fromwhichsheneverreallyrecovered,bytwoskel-etonhandsbeingplacedonhershouldersass
5、hewasdressingfordinner,andIfeelboundtotellyou,Mr.Otis,thattheghosthasbeenseenbyseverallivingmembersofmyfamily,aswellasbytherectorofthepar-ish,theRev.AugustusDampier,whoisaFellowofKing’sCollege,Cam-bridge.AftertheunfortunateaccidenttotheDuchess,noneofouryoungerservants
6、wouldstaywithus,andLadyCantervilleoftengotverylittlesleepatnight,inconsequenceofthemysteriousnoisesthatcamefromthecorridorandthelibrary.”“MyLord,”answeredtheMinister,“Iwilltakethefurnitureandtheghostatavaluation.Icomefromamoderncountry,wherewehaveeverythingthatmoneyca
7、nbuy;andwithallourspryyoungfellowspaintingtheOldWorldred,andcarryingoffyourbestactorsandprima-donnas,IreckonthatifthereweresuchathingasaghostinEurope,we’dhaveitathomeinaveryshorttimeinoneofourpublicmuseums,orontheroadasashow.”“Ifearthattheghostexists,”saidLordCantervi
8、lle,smiling,“thoughitmayhaveresistedtheoverturesofyourenterprisingimpresarios.Ithasbeenwellknownforthreecenturies,since1584i
