Feb. 23, 2023

This Day in Halloween: The first part of Oscar Wilde’s "The Canterville Ghost' is published in The Court And Society Review magazine in 1887. / Illustration by Brandon Chi

The first installment of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost is published in The Court And Society Review magazine in 1887. The final installment runs March 2. Wilde’s first published work is a humorous ghost story that is eventually adapted numerous times in film, TV, radio and stage.

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