Hiram B. Otis was warned before he bought Canterville: There are ghosts in these walls. However, completely unimpressed by such overly British superstition, the American ambassador moves in with his family to the newly acquired residence. Soon, especially the children of the newcomers make the ghost that actually resides there’s existence a living hell, driving it to despair, until little Virginia takes pity on it. In addition to The Canterville Ghost, this volume includes the fairy tales and stories The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, and Lord Arthur Savile's Crime.