The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
$27.59
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
19 November 2014
Summary
The collection that invented an American mythology and some of its most memorable figures from Rip van Winkle to the Headless Horseman.
The timeless collection that introduced Rip Van Winkle, Ichabod Crane, and the Headless Horseman.
Perhaps the marker of a true mythos is when the stories themselves overshadow their creator. Originally published under a pseudonym as The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories gave …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143107538 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143107534 |
| Author: | Washington Irving |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 19 November 2014 |
| Weight: | 278g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 130mm x 195mm |
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Critics Review
“Washington Irving… makes Nathaniel Hawthorne read like Dr. Seuss!”
“Washington Irving… makes Nathaniel Hawthorne read like Dr. Seuss!”
Washington Irving
Washington Irving was born 3 April 1783 in New York. He trained as a lawyer before deciding to pursue a literary career and, with his brother, produced a series of satirical essays and poems.
Irving wrote under pseudonyms at first: ‘Diedrich Knickerbocker’ for ‘A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty’, and ‘Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.’ for ‘Sketch Book’. The latter included pieces inspired by his travels to London during his unsuccessful efforts to save the family business from bankruptcy, and Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, for which he became famous.
Irving worked in Spain as a diplomatic attache, where he wrote ‘Legends of the Alhambra’ in 1832, and London as secretary to the US legation. His final work was a vast biography of George Washington published in 1855.
He died on 28 November 1859.
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