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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories from the Sketch Book

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories from the Sketch Book Mass market paperback - 2006

by Washington Irving

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A sage storyteller, Irving created such staples of American fiction as "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." This collection contains dozens of travel essays, tales of romance, and literary musings. Features a new Introduction. Revised reissue.

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Penguin Publishing Group, 2006. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories from the Sketch Book
  • Author Washington Irving
  • Binding Mass Market Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2006
  • Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0451530128I4N00
  • ISBN 9780451530127 / 0451530128
  • Weight 0.42 lbs (0.19 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.8 x 4.22 x 1.08 in (17.27 x 10.72 x 2.74 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Reading level 1380
  • Themes
    • Holiday: Halloween
  • Library of Congress subjects Short stories, England - Social life and customs - 19th
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

Sage, storyteller, and wit, Washington Irving created such staples of American fiction as the stories “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” He earned his preeminence in early American literature with the masterpieces in miniature collected here: dozens of travel essays, tales of romance, biographical discourses, and literary musings. “His influence on American writers is unquestioned,” wrote Edgar Allan Poe, and his stories have proved as enduring as the Catskill Mountains their author immortalized.

“Exceptional talent.…I am one of his most ardent admirers. I admired Mr. Irving’s work so much, in fact, that I gave it the ultimate praise; I ‘borrowed it.’ ”—Edgar Allan Poe

From the publisher

Washington Irving, one of the first American authors to earn his living from writing, was born in 1783 and died in 1859.

First line

I was always fond of visiting new scenes, and observing strange characters and manners.

About the author

Though trained for law, Washington Irving (1783-1859) turned to writing. The humorous A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty (1809), written under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker, won him wide popularity. In 1815, Irving journeyed to England to manage a branch of the family business. This venture ended in failure, and he was compelled to write to support himself. International fame came with the publication of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1819-20). In 1826, Irving went to Spain on a diplomatic assignment. His three-year stay there inspired The History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (1828) and The Alhambra (1832). In 1829, he was assigned to London as secretary of the United States legation, and after extensive traveling, he served as minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846. Then Irving returned to his home in Tarrytown, New York, where he worked and studied until his death.

Wayne Franklin, professor of English and director of American Studies at the University of Connecticut, is the author of several books on early American literature and culture, including Discoverers, Explorers, Settlers and The New World of James Fenimore Cooper. An editor of the Norton Anthology of American Literature, he is also founding editor of the American Land and Life series, published by the University of Iowa Press.