Canterville Chase

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Canterville Chase is the old English country mansion that serves as the haunted backdrop in Oscar Wilde’s comic ghost story "The Canterville Ghost."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional country house
fictional location
haunted house
appearsIn The Canterville Ghost NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle English country house
country England
creator Oscar Wilde NERFINISHED
describedAs old English country mansion
fictionalUniverse works of Oscar Wilde
firstAppearance The Canterville Ghost (1887) NERFINISHED
hasGenreContext comic ghost story
hasHauntingPeriod several centuries before the events of the story
hasOwner Otis family NERFINISHED
hasPreviousOwner Lord Canterville NERFINISHED
hasResident Sir Simon de Canterville NERFINISHED
hasThemeAssociation clash between American modernity and British tradition
parody of Gothic horror conventions
languageOfWork English
literaryFormContext short story setting
locatedInFictional English countryside
medium literature
narrativeFunction comic subversion of traditional haunted house
notableFeature ancient armor in the hall
bloodstain that repeatedly reappears
haunted by the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville
ownedByInStory Hiram B. Otis NERFINISHED
Lucretia Otis NERFINISHED
partOf the fictional Canterville estate
roleInWork primary setting of the narrative
settingFor The Canterville Ghost NERFINISHED
visitedByCharacter Virginia Otis NERFINISHED
Washington Otis NERFINISHED
the Otis twins NERFINISHED

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The Canterville Ghost settingLocation Canterville Chase