The Discontented Ghost (Youth Reading) Hardback (1978)

by Scott Corbett

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The resident ghost of an English manor house vows to rid the property of its new American owner. A retelling of Oscar Wilde's story "The Canterville Ghost" from the ghost's point of view.

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This was just bizarre and not written well enough for me to suspend my belief. The author also did that obnoxious thing at the climax where you say "and then I told her my plan [WHICH YOU'RE NOT PRIVY TO DESPITE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE IN THE NARRATOR'S HEAD] and she gasped and said 'That just might work!'"

This really felt like a first ditch effort to complete a story, and it just didn't do it for me. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Scott Corbett	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Mayo, Frank	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Is a retelling of

The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

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1978

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Oscar Wilde

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Sir Simon De Canterville

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To Oscar Wilde and Sir ARthur Conan Doyle, with the hope that they will not haunt me for my sins.

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I, Sir Simon De Canterville, have decided it is time to set my record straight.

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The resident ghost of an English manor house vows to rid the property of its new American owner. A retelling of Oscar Wilde's story "The Canterville Ghost" from the ghost's point of view.

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180 p. The resident ghost of an English manor house vows to rid the property of its new American owner. A retelling of Oscar Wilde's story "The Canterville Ghost" from the ghost's point of view.

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