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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories from the Sketch Book Mass market paperback - 2006
by Washington Irving
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
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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- 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
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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
First line
I was always fond of visiting new scenes, and observing strange characters and manners.