The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other StoriesCourier Corporation, 8.06.2012 г. - 176 страници The quintessential American writer, Washington Irving emerged as the country's first popular author with such beloved nineteenth-century short stories as "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." These highly entertaining fiction masterpieces reveal Irving's unique mastery at portraying the landscapes and culture of early America. This modestly priced edition includes both of these Irving landmarks, as well as other acclaimed short works by the famous essayist, travel writer, biographer, and historian: * The Spectre Bridegroom * The Devil and Tom Walker * The Wife * Westminster Abbey * Mountjoy * Adventure of the Mysterious Stranger and five other classics. Filled with satire, pathos, and picturesque observations, these remarkable stories are important foundations of the American literary tradition. |
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Washington Irving. THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW & Other Stories DOVER THRIFT EDITIONS OST The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories WASHINGTON IRVING. Washington Irving Front Cover Back Cover.
Washington Irving. THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW & Other Stories DOVER THRIFT EDITIONS OST The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories WASHINGTON IRVING. Washington Irving Front Cover Back Cover.
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... following November. The present edition leads off with Irving's best-known tales, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle,” which appeared originally in the collection The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. iii.
... following November. The present edition leads off with Irving's best-known tales, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle,” which appeared originally in the collection The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. iii.
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Washington Irving. Contents 1 26 42 54 62 75 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow [1820] . . . . . Rip Van Winkle [1820] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Spectre Bridegroom [1820] . . . . . . . . . The Mutability of Literature [1820] ...
Washington Irving. Contents 1 26 42 54 62 75 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow [1820] . . . . . Rip Van Winkle [1820] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Spectre Bridegroom [1820] . . . . . . . . . The Mutability of Literature [1820] ...
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... Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country. A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. Some say that the place was bewitched by a high German doctor, during the early days of the ...
... Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country. A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. Some say that the place was bewitched by a high German doctor, during the early days of the ...
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... Hollow, yet I question whether I should not still find the same trees and the same families vegetating in its sheltered bosom. In this by place of nature there abode, in a remote period of American history, that is to say, some thirty ...
... Hollow, yet I question whether I should not still find the same trees and the same families vegetating in its sheltered bosom. In this by place of nature there abode, in a remote period of American history, that is to say, some thirty ...
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