I

The North American Otis family decides to buy Canterville castle to the English family of Canterville although these warned there was a ghost and that they had decided not to dwell over the castle for the consequences, sometimes fatal, acts of this ghost.Hiram Otis: The father of the family and Lucretia Otis, mother, have four children: Washington, the eldest, Virginia, the middle and twin sons. When they reach Canterville Castle receives Mrs. Umney, housekeeper of the property.

II

Walking the family castle in the library a bloodstain, by the fireplace. Mrs. Umney tells them that it is impossible to remove the stain and that in that place canterville Simon (the ghost) had killed Leonor Canterville. However, Washington shows a cleaning rod brought from North America and clean the stain without any problems.To this reaction the ghost runs and shouting loudly but the twins will throw pillows on: That night the ghost hall rooms clinking chains so Hiram leaves his room and offers you a bottle of machine oil appear head, so that the ghost decides to disappear.

III

Another day try to put on armor to scare Otis, but does not support the weight of it and falls while being placed, the noise wakes the whole family: Twins you throw gomerazos top of the stairs while Mrs. Otis offers an ointment for scrapes his knee.This is very angry and decides to disappear until a few days later which is determined to scare the whole family, except Virginia, with whom it will be good. While up to the room he finds a ghost and as she had never seen one flees to his hideout.The next day decides to join the ghost to scare the family, but realizes it was and lie, armed with a broom, a pumpkin and a candle and a hanging sign saying that the ghost Otis was the only original and not accept imitations.

IV

Although the bloodstain every night still appears to the family called attention to the constantly changing colors of the same until the stain emerald green and the family a day is his delight.The family is careful in his walk not to be seen or heard by the family.The twins crossed strings through the halls to be tripped and I soaped the woods to be falling.In revenge he disguised himself headless ghost and decided to take revenge on the twins, when you get into the room is the half open door and kick it decides to make a more terrible appearance, no sooner does he falls on his head a bucket of water. The Ghost flees to his hideout and go ill for several days.When recovering arrives at the castle, visit the duquecito Stilton, family to which the ghost had a grudge against him and wanted to scare him but desists at the last moment for fear of the twins.

V

Walking on horse with Stilton Virginia Duke breaks her dress; returns home and go through the back door looking for her mother, believing see it enters a room and is actually the ghost.Virginia is for running but decides to approach and talk to him, after a brief discussion protesting to which he had brought him all tempera colors to keep your spot Virginia is kind of ghost and asks why it is that way, what the ghost tells him that that's what you should do a ghost.Simon asks for help to die in peace: she should mourn and pray for him because he had no tears or faith.Virginia accepts the ghost tells him to hear and see terrible things but who the hell can not do anything against their purity and leads to a hidden cave somewhere in the mansion.

VI

Realizing the absence of Virginia family embarks on a fruitless search. After dinner, at 12 midnight, amid shouts and spooky lights, Virginia appears from a crack in the wall, carrying a wooden box full of jewelry that gave him the ghost.He said that the ghost had repented of their sins and that she had helped liberate, then took them to where the body was hidden and the prison window one twin saw the patio was blossomed almond; Virginia explain that this meant that the ghost had been forgiven.

VII

Otis asks the home seller to accept in return the jewels of his family Simon, but allows Virginia conserve the wooden box as she wanted and had requested.The English refused the order and keeps your jewelry to Virginia.
The girl never told anyone what happened in prison ghost, not even her husband, the Duke Stilton, but was grateful to Simon taught him the value of life, death and have known why the love is stronger than death