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Title:
The legend of Sleepy Hollow and other stories : [The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent.]
Author:
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859, author.
ISBN:
9780143107538
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Uniform Title:
Short stories. Selections
Edition:
New edition.
Physical Description:
xxv, 368 pages ; 20 cm.
Series:
Penguin classics
Penguin classics.
General Note:
Published in Penguin: 1988. Previous edition with the title, published: 1999.
Originally published as: The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent. USA: Twayne Publishers, 1978.
Contents:
Author's account of himself -- Voyage -- Roscoe -- Wife -- Rip Van Winkle -- English writers on America -- Rural life in England -- Broken heart -- Art of book making -- Royal poet -- Country church -- Widow and her son -- Sunday in London -- Boar's Head Tavern, East Cheap -- Mutability of literature -- Rural funerals -- Inn kitchen -- Spectre bridegroom -- Westminster Abbey -- Christmas -- Stage coach -- Christmas Eve -- Christmas Day -- Christmas dinner -- London antiques -- Little Britain -- Stratford-on-Avon -- Traits of Indian character -- Philip of Pokanoket -- John Bull -- Pride of the village -- Angler -- Legend of Sleepy Hollow -- L'Envoy.
Abstract:
"The timeless collection that introduced Rip Van Winkle, Ichabod Crane, and the Headless Horseman Perhaps the marker of a true mythos is when the stories themselves overshadow their creator. Originally published under a pseudonym as The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories gave America its own haunted mythology. This collection of larger-than-life tales contains Washington Irving's best-known literary inventions-Ichabod Crane, the Headless Horseman, and Rip Van Winkle-that continue to capture our imaginations today"-- Provided by publisher.
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