Rip Van Winkle And The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Simplified for Modern Readers - Softcover

Irving, Washington

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1492207136 ISBN 13: 9781492207139

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

“Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving were first published in 1819. Since then, they have been adapted and interpreted in countless ways ranging from the comical to the serious and for the very young to the adult. The versions presented here are as close to the originals as possible but with the now dated language of two hundred years simplified so that modern readers will better understand and appreciate these classic stories.End notes, discussion of major themes, and a short biography follow the texts.

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From the Back Cover:

Rip Van Winkle walks into the mountains one day and meets some strange old men. He comes home twenty years later. One dark night, Ichabod Crane is riding home and sees a man on a black horse behind him. The man has no head. Are there ghosts in these stories? What do you think?

About the Author:

Washington Irving, one of the first Americans to achieve international recognition as an author, was born in New York City in 1783. His A History of New York, published in 1809 under the name of Diedrich Knickerbocker, was a satirical history of New York that spanned the years from 1609 to 1664. Under another pseudonym, Geoffrey Crayon, he wrote The Sketch-book, which included essays about English folk customs, essays about the American Indian, and the two American stories for which he is most renowned--"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." Irving served as a member of the U.S. legation in Spain from 1826 to 1829 and as minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846. Following his return to the U.S. in 1846, he began work on a five-volume biography of Washington that was published from 1855-1859. Washington Irving died in 1859 in New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1492207136
• ISBN 13: 9781492207139
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 74
• Editor: Lakon George