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

Washington Irving - Author

Wayne Franklin - Introduction by

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ISBN 9780451530127 | 400 pages | 04 Apr 2006 | Signet Classic | 6.49 x 4.29in | 18 - AND UP
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With a new introduction by Wayne Franklin

The creator of such quintessentially American fiction as "Rip Van Winkle," Irving earned his preeminence with the masterpieces in miniature collected here: dozens of short stories, travel essays, biographical discourses, and literary musings.

Introduction
Preface to the Revised Edition
The Author’s Account of Himself
The Voyage
Roscoe
The Wife
Rip Van Winkle
English Writers on America
Rural Life in England
The Broken Heart
The Art of Bookmaking
A Royal Poet
The Country Church
The Widow and Her Son
A Sunday in London
The Boar’s Head Tavern, Eastcheap
The Mutability of Literature
Rural Funerals
The Inn Kitchen
The Specter Bridegroom
Westminster Abbey
Christmas
The Stagecoach
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
The Christmas Dinner
London Antiques
Little Britain
Stratford-on-Avon
Traits of Indian Character
Philip of Pokanoket
John Bull
The Pride of the Village
The Angler
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
L’Envoi
Appendix
Selected Bibliography
A Note on the Text