7th Book : The Canterville Ghost

Name : Krisna Ismawati
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''The Canterville Ghost''

This novel told little bit scary because it is about ghost. This story began with the sale of an old English house named Canterville Chase to Horace B. Otis, an American minister. Although the previous owner, Lord Canterville, warned Mr. Otis that the mansion was haunted, Mr. Otis was not worried and replied that the ghost was not there. Soon afterwards, Mr. Otis moved to Chase with other members of his family: his wife, Lucretia; his eldest son, Washington; his fifteen-year-old daughter, Virginia; and two young boys twins. After logging in, Mrs. Otis noticed the dull red stain on the floor and asked to be cleaned. Their housekeeper revealed that it was a blood stain from the assassination of Lady Eleanore de Canterville, who was killed in 1575 by her husband, Sir Simon de Canterville, and it can not be released. He warns Mrs. Otis that the guilty ghost of Sir Simon still haunts Canterville Chase. Ignoring the housekeeper's story as nonsense, Washington quickly pulled out a Pinkerton Eraser Remover, rubbed it to death until the stain disappeared. Once the stain is removed, lightning flashes and thunder clippings hit the house. The housekeeper was struck with fear.

The next morning, Otises discovers that the stain has returned mysteriously. Over the next few days they clean the stain regularly only to see it reappear the next morning. Curious, the Otis family decided that the house was, in fact, haunted. A few nights later, Mr. Otis woke up in the middle of the night buzzing. While pedaling into the hallway, he meets the ghost of Sir Simon. Instead of being surprised by Sir Simon's bright red eyes, tangled hair, and rusty seniors, Mr. Otis politely insisted that the ghost oil chain had given him a bottle of Tammany Rising Sun Lubricator for this purpose. Deeply humiliated, Sir Simon retreated into the hall until he met the twins, who threw a pillow at his head. Back in his room, Sir Simon recalled his long and successful career as a ghost, which had never happened in his three hundred years of haunted servants and guests so he was so offended. Determined to frighten this "poor modern American," Sir Simon spent the night planning his revenge.