- Fiction, Ghosts, History, Children's stories, American
A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.
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Classical in form, intimate, effortless and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Washington Irving
- First published
- 1820
- Pages
- 39
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., Marcel Dekker, F. Pitman
- Editions
- 1017
- Language
- mar, afr, Spanish, ind
- ISBN
- 9781975614898
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American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. He was best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", both of which appear in his book "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent" (<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Irving>Wikipedia</a>).
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