[오늘의 한문장] 캔터빌의 유령 The Canterville Ghost

"My Lord," answered the Minister, "I will take the furniture and the ghost at a valuation. I have come from a modern country,where we have everything that money can buy; and with all our spry young fellows painting the Old World red, and carrying off your best actors and prima-donnas, I reckon that if there were such a thing as a ghost in Europe, we‘d have it at home in a very short time in one of our public museums, or on the road as a show."
- P12

[오늘의 한문장] 캔터빌의 유령 The Canterville Ghost

Mr. Otis, that the ghost has been seen by several living members of my family, as well as by the rector of the parish, the Rev. Augustus Dampier, who is a Fellow of King ‘s College, Cambridge. After the unfortunate accident to the Duchess, none of our younger servants would stay with us, and Lady Centerville often got very little sleep at night, in consequence of the mysterious noises that came from the corridor and the library."
- P11

[오늘의 한문장] 캔터빌의 유령 The Canterville Ghost

"We have not cared to live in the place ourselves," said Lord Centerville. "since my grandaunt, the Duchess of Bolton, was frightened into a fit, from which she never really recovered, by two skeleton hands being placed on het shoulders as she was dressing for dinner, and I feel bound to tell you. - P11

[오늘의 한문장] 캔터빌의 유령 The Canterville Ghost

The Centerville Ghost

An amusing chronicle of the ghost of Centerville Chase when his ancestral halls became the home of the American Minister to the Court of St. James

BY
WILDE

When Mr. Hiram B. Otis, the American Minister, bought Centerville Chase, every one told him he was doing a very foolish thing, as there was no doubt at all that the place was haunted. Indeed, Lord Centerville himself, who was a man of the most punctilious honour, had felt it his duty to mention the fact to Mr. Otis when they came to discuss terms.
- P11

[오늘의 한문장] 캔터빌의 유령 The Canterville Ghost

■ 저자 소개

오스카 와일드(Oscar Fingal O‘Flahertie Wils Wilde,18541016~19001130)는 아일랜드의 극작가, 소설가, 시인입니다. 날카롭고 약삭빠른 재치로 유명하며, 빅토리아 시대에 가장 성공한 극작가였습니다.
- P3