Everything starts when Lord Canterville sells his grand old house to the Otis family.

Mister and Missis Otis and their four children (Washigton, Virginia, and the twins, who are always laughing and playing tric s!. "here is a ghost in the house since three hundred years ago and Lord Canterville alert them #ut they don$t have fear. "hey don$t #elieve in ghosts. "here is a #loodstain on the li#rary floor that always comes #ac to appear the day after after clean it. Mrs %mney, the house eeper, tell them that it is the #lood of Eleanor de Canterville, murdered for his hus#and, &imon de Canterville who disappeared some years later and no#ody ever found his #ody. "he ghost tries to frighten the Otis family with different tric s, disguises, and strange noises #ut he always finishes very angry and unhappy hidden in his room. 't first Mr Otis tries to help the ghost giving him a #ottle of oil for his chains #ecause they do very much noise #ut the twins are not so good with him. "hey now more tric s than the poor ghost. "hey put many traps all over the house li e #utter on the top stair or nutshells along the passages. "hey create a false ghost to frighten him. "hey attac him with a pea( shooters shooting little #alls of paper etc.. 'fter a few days without news of the ghost Virginia meets him in a room which is not often used and feels sorry for him. &he tal es with him.) *o#ody will hurt you if you don$t try to frighten us+ she says. ),ut i$m a ghost, frightening people is my -o#+ he answers. .e tells her the whole story a#out how he died. 'nyway he is #ad. .e tried to frighten them and too her paintings. 't last the ghost finds rest. .e can$t sleep. .e ta es a long time this way and he$s very tired. "here are an inscriptions on the li#rary window. Only a pure heart can help and pray and cry for him and for all the #ad thing he has done. /eath will #e ind to him. *othing #ad it will happen to her. &he follows him through a great #lac hole. Virginia doesn$t come for tea and all her family starts to worry. When the cloc sounds midnight it produces a crash followed #y a terri#le cry and thunders and ghostly music. "he secret door opens in the wall at the top of the stairs and Virginia wal s out very white and ta ing a little #o0 in her hands. &he tells them she has #een with the ghost and he$s dead. .e was really sorry for everything that he had done. /ays after of all this they ta e the ghost to the cementery. Virginia eeps the -ewels of the #o0 and marries the young /u e of Cheshire.