The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
Among the first — and best-loved — tales by an American writer, "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" marked the entry of Irving into world literature. This modestly priced anthology also includes such well-known works as "The Devil and Tom Walker," "The Spectre Bridegroom," and...
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Among the first — and best-loved — tales by an American writer, "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" marked the entry of Irving into world literature. This modestly priced anthology also includes such well-known works as "The Devil and Tom Walker," "The Spectre Bridegroom," and more, 15 short stories in all.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780486466583 (0486466582)
ASIN: 486466582
Publish date: April 21st 2008
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 176
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...
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