Rip Van Winkle, the Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
Rip van Winkle is a man whose home and farm suffer from his lazy neglect; a familiar figure about the village, he is loved by all except his wife. One autumn day, he escapes her nagging to wander up into the mountains, and there after drinking some liquor offered to him by a band of strange folk,...
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Rip van Winkle is a man whose home and farm suffer from his lazy neglect; a familiar figure about the village, he is loved by all except his wife. One autumn day, he escapes her nagging to wander up into the mountains, and there after drinking some liquor offered to him by a band of strange folk, he settles down under a tree and falls asleep.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781840221671 (1840221674)
ASIN: 1840221674
Publish date: 2009
Publisher: Wordsworth
Pages no: 172
Edition language: English
Not as scary as I remember, but still a classic October read.Over the years, I've read, watched, and listened to a number of headless horseman retellings of Irving's tale, which watered down the original story's impact. So while rereading is fun, the experience isn't as good as when I first read it ...
Bought this ebook primarily because I was assigned a few of its short story in my North American Writters class. The stories are amazing, my favorite ones are "Rip Van Winkle" and of course "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". This particular edition was free on Amazon.com and although it is very well org...
It's been a long time since I had the pleasure of sitting down and reading pieces of literature written in a time before these last couple of decades, and this one did not disappoint. Mind you, while I'm reading this for my American Literature of the 19th Century class (English Major~ Who'd have gue...
13 years ago
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