The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories)
by Washington Irving
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0486466582
- ISBN 13
- 9780486466583
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West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States
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Synopsis
Before the fall premiere of the new television series, read the original legend of Ichabod Crane, the Headless Horseman, and the singularly spooky town of Sleepy Hollow in Washington Irving's classic book When Washington Irving first published this collection of essays, sketches, and talesoriginally entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent .readers greeted it with enthusiasm, and Irving emerged as America's first successful professional author. This volume includes "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle," two of America's most recognizable and loved works of fiction and displays Irving's ability to depict American landscapes and culture so vividly that readers feel themselves a part of them. And it is on the basis of these two classic tales that Irving is generally credited with inventing the short story as a distinct literary genre. Also included here are gently ironic pieces about life in England that reflect the author's interest in the traditions of the Old World and his longings for his home in the New.
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- Bookseller
- PlumCircle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- mon0001176474
- Title
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories)
- Author
- Washington Irving
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 0486466582
- ISBN 13
- 9780486466583
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Date Published
- 4/21/2008 12:00:01 A
- Size
- 0.5118 in x 7.9528 in x 5.0394 i
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book;
- X weight
- 0.6100 lb