Ergebnis für "The Canterville Ghost A Victorian Ghost Story" in Literatur & Belletristik

A terrifying ghost is haunting the ancient mansion of Canterville Chase, complete with creaking floorboards, clanking chains and gruesome disguises - but the new occupants seem strangely undisturbed by his presence. Deftly contrasting the conventional gothic ghost story with the pragmatism of the modern world, Wilde creates a gently comic fable of the conflict between old and new. Rupert Degas's hilarious reading brings the absurdity and theatricality of the story to life.

Als der amerikanische Botschafter Hiram B. Otis mit seiner Familie das britische Schloss Canterville bezieht, warnen ihn die abergläubischen Anwohner: In den alten Gemäuern spukt der Geist des Mörders Sir Simon. Tatsächlich macht Familie Otis schnell Bekanntschaft mit dem Gespenst. Doch die durch und durch pragmatischen Amerikaner fürchten sich nicht vor der übersinnlichen Erscheinung. Im Gegenteil: Die Kinder machen sich einen Spaß daraus, Sir Simon das Fürchten zu lehren.

Die amerikanische Familie Otis erwirbt Schloss Canterville, obwohl es in dem alten Gemäuer spuken soll. Als moderne, aufgeklärte Amerikaner schenken sie den Gespenstergeschichten jedoch keinen Glauben. Für den alten Schlossgeist brechen harte Zeiten an, denn eine solche Respektlosigkeit hat er in all den Jahrhunderten noch nicht erlebt. Weder lautes Kettenrasseln noch der immer wiederkehrende Blutfleck beeindrucken die Familie - im Gegenteil! Besonders die frechen Zwillinge setzen dem Geist mit ihren Streichen ordentlich zu. Bis sich Tochter Virginia des traurigen Gespensts erbarmt.

"The Canterville Ghost" is a popular short story by Oscar Wilde, widely adapted for the screen and stage. It was the first of Wilde's stories to be published, appearing in the magazine "The Court and Society Review" in February 1887. It was later included in a collection of short stories entitled "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories" in 1891. The American Minister and his family have bought the English stately home Canterville Chase, complete with the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville - blood stains, clanking chains and all.

In der ironisch-humorvollen Gespenstergeschichte treffen das altehrwürdige Gespenst von Schloss Canterville und die moderne, aufgeklärte amerikanische Botschafter-Familie Otis aufeinander...

Das Leben als Gespenst ist kein leichtes. Als wäre es nicht genug, auf ewig in alten Gemäuern festzusitzen und dazu verdammt zu sein, mit Ketten zu rasseln, Teppichen mit Blutflecken zu besudeln und allerlei anderen Schabernack zu treiben. Als die sehr moderne und so gar nicht ängstliche Familie des amerikanischen Botschafters Hiram B. Otis nach auf Canterville einzieht, wird das Leben für Hausgeist Sir Simon zur Hölle. Schnell wird er selbst zum verzweifelten Opfer von Stolperfäden, Butterfallen und Gespensteratrappen und herunterstürzenden Wasserkrügen.

As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, Halloween approaches. Come, brave listener, pull up a chair, and spend some time with master storyteller Stephen Fry as he tells us some of his favourite ghost stories of all time, in truly terrifying spatial audio. From the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow to the tortured spirits of M.R. James, from Edgar Allan Poe’s terrifying tale of a doppelganger to Charlotte Riddell’s Open Door that should definitely stay shut, join Stephen as he tells you some truly terrifying tales.

"Mylord", sagte der amerikanische Botschafter beim Kauf des englischen Spukschlosses Canterville zum Besitzer, "ich werde das Mobiliar mitsamt dem Gespenst zum Schätzungspreis übernehmen." Was danach passiert, das ist Inhalt dieser Gespenstergeschichte.

Adam Lang has been Britain's longest serving - and most controversial - prime minister of the last half century. And now that he's left office, he's accepted one of history's largest cash advances to compose a tell-all (or at least, tell-some) memoir of his life and years of power.

For the first time, the complete works of M. R. James are available to download in one collection. This unabridged collection of all M.R. James' ghost stories includes tales from Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, More Ghost Stories, A Thin Ghost and Others, and A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories. It is expertly read by award-winning narrator Jonathan Keeble.

Als die amerikanische Familie Otis das englische Schloss Canterville kauft, wird sie gewarnt: Ein Gespenst treibe dort seit Jahrhunderten sein Unwesen. Doch die wenig abergläubischen Amerikaner haben keine Angst vor dem Geist, sie machen sich sogar lustig über wiederkehrende Blutflecken und Kettengerassel. Das Gespenst von Canterville ist verzweifelt, niemand nimmt es mehr ernst ...

With a wife he loves and an exciting London-based career, architect Charles Waterston's life seems in perfect balance. Nothing prepares him for the sudden end to his ten-year marriage-or his unwanted transfer to his firm's New York office. Christmas is approaching when Charlie leaves New York, heading to Vermont to ski. But a sudden snowstorm strands him in a small Massachusetts town. There Charlie meets an elderly widow who offers to rent him her exquisite lakeside chateau.

Burdened by debt after her husband's death, Lucy Muir insists on moving into the very cheap Gull Cottage in the quaint seaside village of Whitecliff, despite multiple warnings that the house is haunted. Upon discovering the rumors to be true, the young widow ends up forming a special companionship with the ghost of handsome former sea captain Daniel Gregg. Lucy finds in her secret relationship with Captain Gregg a comfort and blossoming love she never could have predicted.

The ghost that haunts Canterville Chase has built a marvelous career of midnight haunting. But when an American family moves in, they simply have no respect for permanent bloodstains, nightmarish chains, or ancient legends. They even throw pillows at him.

When people go missing in the sleepy town of Smith’s Hollow, the only clue to their fate comes when a teenager starts having terrifying visions, in a chilling horror novel from national best-selling author Christina Henry.

The American Otis family moves into the old English country house Canterville Chase. They are warned that the house is haunted before they move in but are unconcerned at first. They soon accept that the ghost is real but are not frightened by it. The ghost, who had been frightening all those who stayed at Canterville Chase for 300 years, takes the Americans' unwillingness to be scared by him as a great insult. He grows to despise them all, except for the teenage daughter, Virginia, who he feels is different from the rest of her family.

Seit dreihundert Jahren gilt Sir Simon de Canterville als eines der gruseligsten Gespenster von ganz England. Seine Karriere des Schreckens nimmt jedoch ein jähes Ende, als der amerikanische Botschafter Hiram B. Otis das alte Schloss Canterville erwirbt. Nicht nur, dass Mr. Otis selbst vom Übernatürlichen völlig unbeeindruckt bleibt, seinen frechen Söhnen Ronnie und Freddie ist es ein ganz besonders Vergnügen, das ehrwürdige Gespenst zu ärgern und zu schikanieren. Vielleicht kann ihre Schwester Virginia ja zwischen alter und neuer Welt vermitteln? Nach Oscar Wilde.

Anil’s Ghost transports us to Sri Lanka, a country steeped in centuries of tradition, now forced into the late twentieth century by the ravages of civil war. Into this maelstrom steps Anil Tissera, a young woman born in Sri Lanka, educated in England and America, who returns to her homeland as a forensic anthropologist sent by an international human rights group to discover the source of the organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island. What follows is a story about love, about family, about identity, about the unknown enemy, about the quest to unlock the hidden past.

With unprecedented scope and consummate skill, Norman Mailer unfolds a rich and riveting epic of an American spy. Harry Hubbard is the son and godson of CIA legends. His journey to learn the secrets of his society - and his own past - takes him through the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the "momentous catastrophe" of the Kennedy assassination. All the while, Hubbard is haunted by women who were loved by both his godfather and President Kennedy.

Mark Gatiss ( Sherlock, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones) reads chilling tales by the unsung master of the classic ghost story: E. F. Benson. There's nothing sinister about a London bus. Nothing supernatural could occur on a busy train platform. There's nothing terrifying about a little caterpillar. And a telephone, what could be scary about that? Don't be frightened of the dark corners of your room. Don't be alarmed by a sudden inexplicable chill.