Shearring's interpretation of Oscar Wilde's classic tale and illustrations offer a fresh and lively take on this story.

A sequel to the 19th century novel by Oscar Wilde, The Portrait of Dorian Gray. The novel portrays Dorian, the hero, as a transvestite and murderer, and follows his debauched life in Paris and Venice in the company of Wilde, who has been released from jail after serving a sentence for homosexuality. A tale of sadomasochism and the occult.

A once selfish giant welcomes the children to his previously forbidden garden and is eventually rewarded by an unusual little child.

The fun begins as the unsuspecting Otis family moves into the stately, rambling rooms of Canterville Hall where young Virginia meets up with the castle's resident specter: the 400-year old ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville. But while Sir Simon does his moaning, chain-rattling best to frighten the newcomers, Virginia soon befriends him, and learns his sorrowful secret: unless a purehearted mortal agrees to plead his cases before the dreaded Angel of...