Sir Simon de Canterville is ghost. He has lived in his house for hundreds of years. His job is to terrify the people who stay there. Then Mr. Otis, an American, buys the house. And the ghost is angry, he cannot frighten the Otis family.
Basil Hallward painted a picture of a young Dorian Gray, he admires. Dorian isa angry because he will grow old and the picture will stay the same. He wishes that the picture would age instead of him. He buys the picture and he hides it. The years pass and Dorian never seems to age. But his wishe has tragic consequences for many people.