Il fantasma di Canterville e Il Delitto di Lord Savile
by Oscar Wilde
'Il fantasma di Canterville e Il Delitto di Lord Savile' Summary
"Il fantasma di Canterville" racconta la storia di un fantasma inglese che vive in un castello in Inghilterra. Quando una famiglia americana arriva per vivere nel castello, il fantasma cerca di spaventarli, ma si trova costretto a fare i conti con la loro mancanza di superstizione. In "Il Delitto di Lord Savile", un Lord inglese riceve una profezia che lo destinato a compiere un omicidio. Per evitare questo destino, il lord cerca di commettere un omicidio 'gentile', ma le sue azioni lo portano a un tragico destino. Entrambi i racconti mettono in luce la natura umana e il potere dell'ironia, usando uno stile brillante e ricco di umorismo.Book Details
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Oscar Wilde
Ireland
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, the early 1890s saw him become...
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