The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle-La Leyenda de Sleepy Hollow Y Rip Van Winkle: English-Spanish Parallel Text Edition


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Washington Irving's classics The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle-La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow y Rip Van Winkle are presented in English-Spanish parallel text, complete and unabridged. The earliest examples of American fiction still read today, these tales continue to fascinate and horrify. With chapter illustrations. The Bilingual Library presents world classics in parallel text. Each page in translation is mirrored by its original language on the facing page. Series editor D. Bannon is a member of the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA).




La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow


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Este ebook presenta "La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow", con un indice dinámico y detallado. La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow o La Leyenda del Jinete sin Cabeza es un relato corto de terror, escrito por Washington Irving en 1820, en su coleccion: The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon. La historia sucede entre los años 1776 y 1790 en los alrededores de la colonia holandesa de Tarry Town (Nueva York), en un aislado valle llamado Sleepy Hollow. El valle era famoso por su inquietante atmósfera de misterio, generada por las historias de fantasmas vividas por sus habitantes y visitantes. El fantasma más famoso del valle era un jinete sin cabeza, del que se decía era el fantasma de un soldado que fue alcanzado de pleno por la bala perdida de un cañón durante una batalla sin nombre de la Guerra de la Independencia Americana. Washington Irving (1783 – 1859) fue un escritor estadounidense del Romanticismo. Fue de los primeros escritores norteamericanos que escribió cuentos cortos y también de los pioneros en el uso del humor y la sátira como ingrediente literario.




La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow


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The legend of Sleepy Hollow: A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman. Rip Van Winkle: A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.







The Legend of Sleepy Hollow


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From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers, this sequestered glen has long been known by name of Sleepy Hollow... A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. Washington Irving







Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow


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Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow are Washington Irving?fs masterpieces. Known as the Father of American Literature, Irving?fs unusual stories are filled with suspense, mystery, magic, ghosts and humor. Set in the beautiful Hudson River Valley in New York, these unforgettable stories capture the exhilarating atmosphere and lively spirit of young America. Who can ever forget the terrifying night ride of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow and his lanky victim, Ichabod Crane? What happens to a henpecked husband who sleeps for twenty years in the enchanted Catskill Mountains? His awakening is truly startling! Informational Sections: ??The American Revolution ??New York in the 1800s







Rip Van Winkle & The Legend of Sleepy Hollow


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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 headless rider in the middle of a dark night. These two classic tales of the supernatural by Washington Irving have been popular for nearly two hundred years.