The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

Новеллы Вашингтона Ирвинга завораживают, пугают, а главное – читаются на одном дыхании. Но где заканчивается сон и начинается явь? В сборик "Сонная лощина и другие истории" вошли 14 новелл Вашингтона Ирвинга. Книга на английском языке. Spurned by his love Katrina, schoolmaster Ichabod Crane rides through the autumn night to encounter a headless horseman. Их жизнь – настоящий ночной кошмар. Герои этих мистических историй встречают призраков и духов, ищут зачарованные клады, бродят по сумрачным лесам, таинственно исчезают и заключают сделку с самим дьяволом. Irving's 1820 classic is accompanied by 14 other tales, including "Roscoe", "Kidd the Pirate" and the famous "Rip Van Winkle".

In Irving's great work, The Sketch Book, fictional historian Diedrich Knickerbocker introduces us to Rip van Winkle, the Dutch colonist who slept through the Revolutionary War
Ichabod Crane, the superstitious, social-climbing schoolmaster
and the pumpkin-topped Headless Horseman, ancestor to countless horror film antiheroes. In addition to "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", The Sketch Book touches on cultural and historical concerns that remain compelling, thanks to Irving's modern outlook and impressive foresight. This new edition, with an introduction from Elizabeth L. Bradley, demonstrates how inextricably Irving's writings are woven into the fabric of American culture - high and low.

Вашингтон Ирвинг - первый романтик американской литературы, "первый посол Нового мира в Старом", по выражению У. Мистические рассказы о привидениях, исторические легенды и реальность, картины старой Англии и сцены повседневной американской жизни сочетаются в сочинениях В. Теккерея. Ирвинга. В сборнике представлено 31 произведение Ирвинга, включая "Легенду о Сонной лощине" Книга на английском языке. HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'There was a contagion in the very air that blew from that haunted region
it breathed forth an atmosphere of dreams and fancies infecting all the land.' Featuring 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle', this collection of inspired essays, stories and sketches established Washington Irving's reputation as one of America's foremost authors. Irving's timeless characters, including Ichabod Crane, Rip Van Winkle and the headless Hessian trooper, jostle for space alongside 31 equally atmospheric and lyrical works in this haunting anthology from one of America's most distinctive literary voices.

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. "There was a contagion in the very air that blew from that haunted region
it breathed forth an atmosphere of dreams and fancies infecting all the land". Featuring "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", this collection of inspired essays, stories and sketches established Washington Irving's reputation as one of America's foremost authors. Irving's timeless characters, including Ichabod Crane, Rip Van Winkle and the headless Hessian trooper, jostle for space alongside 31 equally atmospheric and lyrical works in this haunting anthology from one of America's most distinctive literary voices.