The Canterville Ghost story is around a countryside  house in England (long time ago).  That is an interesting and quite a dramatic ghost story about a haunted house.  He describes the house very well in that.  He blended comedy in to the story very well.

    Mr Otis and his family (his wife, daughter Virginia, son Washington)are Americans from New York. They just shift  to the house named"canterville Chase", even after being warned of it being haunted.   Theydid not BELIEVE in ghosts.   They hear a lot of sounds, see blood onthe floor many times etc. They started believing in ghosts, but theystill were not afraid of them.   The name of the ghost was Sir Simon deCanterville.

    The ghost becomes humiliated and FEELS terrible,as he could not make the family frightened.  The family talks ofdetergents and stain removers when they see mysterious red marks(resembling blood) on the floor.  The various desparate attempts of SirSimon and the funny responses of the family are narrated with a lotof humour.   Sir Simon changes forms and assumes many roles  like:strangled girl, blood-suc ker, skeleton and corpse snatcher, headlessperson etc.   Instead of frightening the family, he himself gets beatenevery time.  He falls over tripwires, slips on butter, TAKES on his headbucketfuls of water.  He even gets shocked by seeing a ghost  (createdby Otis twins).

 
      Sir Simon comes close and feels good withyoung Virginia in her TEENS.  He tells her the story of his wife.  Sheis serious and beliving and not mischievous like other members of thefamily.   She listens to him sympathetically.   He requests her to prayfor him and weep for him, as he is unable to do those (because ghostscannot weep or pray).   He requests her  to accompany him to the God ofDeath to SHOW mercy on him.   She does so.  Then he is relieved of hisghost state and goes to another world.  She returns to the house laterin the night.   The house is free of the ghost.