● 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
“Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving were first published in 1819. Since then they have been adapted and interpreted in countless ways ranging from the comical to th
In the first of these stories, Rip van Winkle sleeps for over twenty years, and then wakes up to a world that he no longer understands. In the other story, Ichabod Crane, the school teacher, meets a h
Ichabod Crane faces the terror of the Headless Horseman, and Rip Van Winkle rises from a 20-year sleep to find a world vastly changed in these two delightful classics of American literature. Complete
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
Among the first tales by an American writer, the title story and "Rip Van Winkle" marked the entry of Washington Irving into world literature. Also includes "The Devil and Tom Walker," "The Spectre B
