They all laughed as Yost stepped in back to make Carter something to eat. Carter sipped off his pint. “ I wonder.” “What?” “What she will do next.” “You don't think she read it here?” “Perhaps.” “Then why take it with her?
A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.
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.
This is the story of Ichabod Crane, a superstitious schoolmaster who arrives in Sleepy Hollow.
In the first of these stories from the Catskill Mountains, a superstitious schoolmaster encounters a headless horseman; in the second, a man sleeps for twenty years, waking to a much-changed world.
A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. Washington Irving
Two of Washington Irving's classic short stories have been adapted for young readers.
A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.
Look for more titles in the HarperCollins short-stories collection to build your digital library.
To me, this first book was The Sketch Book of Washington Irving... The charm of The Sketch Book remains unbroken; the old fascination still lingers about it."
If you were asked to choose the most fabulous character in English literature, who would it be?