THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW is a gothic short story by Washington Irving contained in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., written while he was living in Birmingham, England, and
If you were asked to choose the most fabulous character in English literature, who would it be? Perhaps the one and only Ichabod Crane. Just in time for the 70th anniversary of the release of The Adve
Rip van Winkle is an amiable man whose home and farm suffer from his lazy neglect; a familiar figure about the village, he is loved by all except his wife. One autumn day he escapes her nagging to wan
This volume collects the best macabre stories of Washington Irving. Blending sly humour with supernatural thrills, these tales are among the most beloved and re-read of all American fiction. In the 13
● 本書收錄了華盛頓‧歐文的知名短篇小說《李伯大夢》及《沉睡谷傳奇》。第一篇故事裡的主人翁李伯，一覺醒來竟過了二十年，世界已全然換了一番陌生的面貌。另一篇主人翁是學校裡的男教師伊克保‧克瑞恩，他在半夜裡竟遇上了一名無頭騎士。歐文的超自然小說儘管歷時兩百年，仍是家喻戶曉的經典故事。●In the first of these stories, Rip van Winkle sleeps for ov
