Publisher Description
El Fantasma de Canterville, escrita por Oscar Wilde, es más que una simple historia de terror con toques de comedia; es una lección sobre el poder de la compasión y la posibilidad de redención. A través de la figura de Sir Simon, un fantasma atrapado en el pasado por sus errores y pecados, Wilde nos muestra cómo el amor y el perdón pueden liberarnos de nuestras propias cadenas emocionales.
La familia Otis, con su actitud moderna y práctica, representa la idea de que enfrentando nuestros miedos con valentía y sentido del humor, podemos superar incluso los desafíos más oscuros. Al final, la joven Virginia Otis demuestra que la verdadera fortaleza radica en la capacidad de comprender y perdonar, ofreciendo al fantasma la paz que tanto anhelaba. Esta obra nos recuerda que, al igual que Sir Simon, todos llevamos cargas del pasado, pero siempre es posible encontrar la redención y la paz interior si nos abrimos al amor y al perdón.
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About Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was born in Dublin. He won scholarships to both Trinity College, Dublin, and Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1875, he began publishing poetry in literary magazines, and in 1878, he won the coveted Newdigate Prize for English poetry. He had a reputation as a flamboyant wit and man-about-town. After his marriage to Constance Lloyd in 1884, he tried to establish himself as a writer, but with little initial success. However, his three volumes of short fiction, The Happy Prince, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, and A House of Pomegranates, together with his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, gradually won him a reputation as a modern writer with an original talent. That reputation was confirmed and enhanced by the phenomenal success of his society comedies: Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and The Importance of Being Earnest, all performed on London’s West End stage between 1892 and 1895. In 1895, he was convicted of engaging in homosexual acts, which were then illegal, and sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard labor. He soon declared bankruptcy, and his property was auctioned off. In 1896, he lost legal custody of his children. When his mother died that same year, his wife Constance visited him at the jail to bring him the news. It was the last time they saw each other. In the years after his release, his health deteriorated. In November 1900, he died in Paris at the age of forty-six.