by Washington Irving · Richmond - Itaca · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466804882
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«The Legend of Sleepy Hollow» is the gothic tale by Washington Irving, published by Richmond - Itaca in paperback (32 pages, in English).
The action takes place in the mysterious valley of Sleepy Hollow, where the supernatural and the real intertwine. The peculiar Ichabod Crane faces ghosts and legends in a gothic atmosphere typical of Washington Irving.
It belongs to the Richmond Readers collection, a series of graded readers in English at an advanced level. Includes audio CD.
Recommended for English students looking for graded readers and for those who enjoy classics of gothic literature.
Washington Irving was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad, and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with subjects such as the Alhambra, Christopher Columbus, and the Moors. Irving served as the American ambassador to Spain in the 1840s.
