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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
I also read the runner-up for this month, The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde, which, in my opinion, after a great start ran out of steam before it reached the finish line. I found it to be half hilarious and engaging, followed by a too-long wait for the end.
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I read this also and I agree. The antic fun of the first part was eclipsed by the sentimental ending. I decided that it was the fable of how the Old World at first gives way to the energy of the New World, but in the end, the Old World conquers and absorbs the brash upstarts. No wonder that as an unabashed Yank, the first part was more to my taste. Go, team!