The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

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Вашингтон Ирвинг - первый романтик американской литературы, "первый посол Нового мира в Старом", по выражению У. Теккерея. Мистические рассказы о привидениях, исторические легенды и реальность, картины старой Англии и сцены повседневной американской жизни сочетаются в сочинениях В. Ирвинга.
В сборнике представлено 31 произведение Ирвинга, включая "Легенду о Сонной лощине"
Книга на английском языке.
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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.

Содержание The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

Preface
The Author'
s Account of Himself
The Voyage
Roscoe
The Wife
Rip Van Winkle
English Writers on America
Rural Life in England
The Broken Heart
The Art of Book-making
A Royal Poet
The Country Church
The Widow and her Son
A Sunday in London
The Boar'
s Head Tavern
The Mutability of Literature
Rural Funerals
The Inn Kitchen
The Spectre Bridegroom
Westminster Abbey
Christmas
The Stage-Coach
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
The Christmas Dinner
London Antiques
Little Britain
Stratford-on-Avon
Traits of Indian Character
Philip of Pokanoket
John Bull
The Pride of the Village
The Angler
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Postscript
L'
Envoy

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