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Originally Posted by issybird
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!
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Wilde certainly seemed to have some unique opinions about U.S. citizens. I loved the family's reactions to the ghost, but if had I seen what they saw, I doubt my reactions would be in any respect similar.