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The Canterville Ghost is a short story written by Oscar Wilde and first published in 1887 in serial form in The Court and Society Review, a magazine read by the upper classes. It was republished in 1891 as a part of a collection of short stories. It tells the story of a rich American family that comes to live in a haunted aristocratic house in England. The style is part fairy tale, part gothic novel and part comic ghost story. The main themes are the cultural differences between middle-class Americans and the upper class British and the conflict between the public self and the private self.

Alice in Wonderland (or Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as it was originally known) is an English children’s story written in 1865 by Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a young girl called Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world. The story follows Alice’s adventures as she makes new friends and meets some fascinating characters – from the White Rabbit and the Cheshire Cat to the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts and the Mock Turtle.

One Planet, One Goal H.G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe, George Orwell, Sarah Orne Jewett, Virginia Woolf: cinque scrittori, cinque storie che indagano il tema dell’ambiente. I cinque racconti hanno un unico protagonista, il nostro Pianeta. Herbert George Wells ci mostra come la ricerca di cibo ha permesso a strane creature di popolare nuovi territori, Edgar Allan Poe celebra il potere di Madre Natura, George Orwell e Sarah Orne Jewett riflettono su pratiche che cacciano gli animali e Virginia Woolf ci mostra il potere della gentilezza.