oscar wilde "the canterville ghost"
recently i found this book in the school library. and i liked it, because oscar wilde is a true master and he has a very big vocabulary, therefore in the book he used to many metaphors and similes. this story about ghost and the little girl is a very beautiful fairy tail. besides i love stories about old england and the customs of that time. i chose english translation, because the book have many idioms and it's difficult to translate them into russian. i'm not sure, but i think oscar wilde is the quite popular author and some of his works are in the school program, so the library must have his books.
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