I nominate
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde in the spirit of Halloween. It's a light and not too spooky Victorian ghost story available in the public domain (and also here in Mobileread's library thanks to pdurrant).
From Goodreads:
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This is Oscar Wilde's tale of the American family moved into a British mansion, Canterville Chase, much to the annoyance its tired ghost. The family -- which refuses to believe in him -- is in Wilde's way a commentary on the British nobility of the day -- and on the Americans, too. The tale, like many of Wilde's, is rich with allusion, but ends as sentimental romance. . .
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