🇬🇧🇨🇦🇦🇺🇺🇸🇳🇿🇮🇪 The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
 
"The Canterville Ghost" (1887) is a humorous novella in which an American family moves into a haunted English castle, but instead of being frightened, they outwit and frustrate the ghost, Sir Simon.
 
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Irish playwright, poet, and wit, was famed for his sharp humor and classic works such as "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "The Picture of Dorian Gray."
 
Adaptations include:
1944 film: Charles Laughton (Sir Simon), Robert Young, Margaret O'Brien
1996 film: Patrick Stewart (Sir Simon), Neve Campbell
2023 animated film: Stephen Fry (Sir Simon), Hugh Laurie, Miranda Hart