The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, The Spectre Bridegroom.Three Fabulous Ghost Stories from the "Sketch Book" - Washington Irving (Buch)

Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, The Spectre Bridegroom.Three Fabulous Ghost Stories from the "Sketch Book"

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, The Spectre Bridegroom.Three Fabulous Ghost Stories from the "Sketch Book"

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With Numerous Contemporary Illustrations

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BoD - Books on Demand, 01/2020
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert, Paperback
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-13: 9783750409835
Bestellnummer: 10122077
Umfang: 100 Seiten
Gewicht: 122 g
Maße: 203 x 118 mm
Stärke: 10 mm
Erscheinungstermin: 28.1.2020
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!

Klappentext

Along with "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity, especially because of a character known as the Headless Horseman believed to be a Hessian soldier who was decapitated by a cannonball in battle.
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" relates the tale of Ichabod Crane, a lean, lanky and extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, who competes with Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, the town rowdy, for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and sole child of wealthy farmer Baltus Van Tassel. Ichabod Crane, a Yankee and an outsider, sees marriage to Katrina as a means of procuring Van Tassel's extravagant wealth ...