The legend of Sleepy Hollow and other stories : [The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent.]
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Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
Published
New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2014.
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Before the fall premiere of the new television series, read the original legend of Ichabod Crane, the Headless Horseman, and the singularly spooky town of Sleepy Hollow in Washington Irving's classic book When Washington Irving first published this collection of essays, sketches, and tales?originally entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.?readers greeted it with enthusiasm, and Irving emerged as America's first successful professional author.

This volume includes "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle," two of America's most recognizable and loved works of fiction and displays Irving's ability to depict American landscapes and culture so vividly that readers feel themselves a part of them. And it is on the basis of these two classic tales that Irving is generally credited with inventing the short story as a distinct literary genre. Also included here are gently ironic pieces about life in England that reflect the author's interest in the traditions of the Old World and his longings for his home in the New.

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Book
Physical Desc
xxv, 368 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780143107538, 0143107534

Notes

General Note
Published in Penguin: 1988. Previous edition with this title, published: 1999.
General Note
Originally published as: The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent. USA: Twayne Publishers, 1978.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
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"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" represents Irving's second comic masterpiece, a ghostly tale about things that go bump in the night. The specter in question here is the mysterious Headless Horseman, said to be a Hessian trooper who lost his head in a nearby battle. Each night he roams the countryside in search of it. The unlikely hero in this tale is Ichabod Crane, an itinerant schoolmaster, whose name suits him perfectly... --from Amazon.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Irving, W. (2014). The legend of Sleepy Hollow and other stories: [The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent.] . Penguin Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. 2014. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories: [The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.]. New York, New York: Penguin Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories: [The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.] New York, New York: Penguin Books, 2014.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Irving, W. (2014). The legend of sleepy hollow and other stories: [the sketch book of geoffrey crayon, gent.]. New York, New York: Penguin Books.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Irving, Washington. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories: [The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.] Penguin Books, 2014.

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