The Canterville Ghost is a charming and clever twist to the ghost story, and Wilde's brilliant, signature use of words makes it superb. Oscar Wilde paints masterpiece pictures with words like a master painter does with watercolors. Like the fictional painting of Dorian Gray, Wilde's painting of Dorian Gray, Wilde's written picture of of Dorian Gray never grows old.
Treat yourself to Wilde's fairy tales, written for children and grown-ups alike. These are stories which he told to his sons when they were little.