This title is suitable for children aged 10 years and up. This collection of masterful stories by Washington Irving includes the classic The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the eerie Rip Van Winkle, the funny The Specter Bridegroom and the spooky The Devil and Tom Walker. These four stories create a strange and macabre anthology that's perfect for Halloween, or any time you want to feel your skin crawl. This handsome, unabridged edition of Irving's famous tales, with striking illustrations by Scott McKowen, joins Sterling's beloved classics line and is sure to find a treasured place in any family's library.
This book is part of a book series called Sterling Unabridged Classics .
There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Sterling Publishing Co Inc .
Washington Irving was born in 1783 in New York City. In addition to writing fiction, Irving studied law, worked for his family's business in England and wrote essays for periodicals. Some of his most famous tales, including Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, were first published under the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon. Charles Dickens is now considered one of the most successful British authors of the Victorian age, having written such masterpieces as Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist. Dr. Arthur Pober has spent more than 20 years in the fields of early childhood and gifted education. He is currently the US representative to the European Institute for the Media and European Advertising Standards Alliance. Scott McKowen has created award-winning posters and graphics for theatre companies across Canada and the US, including on Broadway. His work has been exhibited in art galleries on both sides of the border and he has curated an exhibition of theatre posters from around the world.
This book contains the following story:
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Gothic tale set in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow in Tarry Town, New York. The Dutch settlement is renowned for ghosts and hauntings, but the most infamous spectre is that of the Headless Horseman, the ghost of a Hessian trouper whose head was shot off by a cannonball during the revolution and who rides forth every night in search of his head. Ichabod Crane, a schoolteacher, seeks the affections of the beautiful - and heir to a fortune - Katrina van Tassel but has competition from the town's Abraham Van Brunt ("Brom Bones" ). Ichabod's aspirations are thwarted when Katrina tunrs down his offer of marriage. Then on his way home the schoolteacher thinks he sees the Headless Horseman and rides for his life. The next day there is no sign of Ichabod or the Horseman, which fuels the legend that he was spirited away by unnatural means. However, there is also the possibility that the manifestation was Brom in disguise, seeing of his love rival.
