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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... strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air. The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any of the country, and ...
... strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air. The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any of the country, and ...
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... strange sights, and doleful lamentations, told concerning it. As Ichabod approached this fearful tree, he began to whistle; he thought his whistle was answered: it was but a blast sweeping sharply through the dry branches. As he ...
... strange sights, and doleful lamentations, told concerning it. As Ichabod approached this fearful tree, he began to whistle; he thought his whistle was answered: it was but a blast sweeping sharply through the dry branches. As he ...
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... strange midnight companion, and bethought himself of the adventure of Brom Bones with the galloping Hessian, now quickened his steed, in hopes of leaving him behind. The stranger, however, quickened his horse to an equal pace; Ichabod ...
... strange midnight companion, and bethought himself of the adventure of Brom Bones with the galloping Hessian, now quickened his steed, in hopes of leaving him behind. The stranger, however, quickened his horse to an equal pace; Ichabod ...
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... strange figure slowly toiling up the rocks and bending under the weight of something he carried on his back. He was surprised to see any human being in this lonely and unfrequented place, but supposing it to be some one of the ...
... strange figure slowly toiling up the rocks and bending under the weight of something he carried on his back. He was surprised to see any human being in this lonely and unfrequented place, but supposing it to be some one of the ...
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... strange and incomprehensible about the unknown, that inspired awe and checked familiarity. On entering the amphitheatre new objects of wonder presented themselves. On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd looking personages ...
... strange and incomprehensible about the unknown, that inspired awe and checked familiarity. On entering the amphitheatre new objects of wonder presented themselves. On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd looking personages ...
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abbey adventure arms aunt Baltus Van Tassel Baron beauty beheld Bianca bosom brook castle chamber chateau church cloisters countenance cried dark delight distant door Dutch Edward the Confessor face fairy fancy father father’s favorite feelings felt foot gazed Genoa ghost glance Glencoe gloomy goblin hand haunted head heard heart horse hour Ichabod Ichabod Crane imagination Julia Julia Somerville kind lady light looked Marquis melancholy mind morning mountain Naples nature neighborhood never night Odenwald passed passion paused Peter Stuyvesant poetry poor recollection replied Rip Van Winkle round scene seemed seen sepulchre shoulder side sisters sleep Sleepy Hollow smile Somerville Sophy soul spectre spirit stood story strange stranger taste tenderness thought tion Tom Walker tomb took tree turned uncle verger voice wandering Westminster Abbey whole wife wild window Wurtzburg young