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Summary: My All-Time Favorite Story-A Timeless American Classic
Review: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle" brings together these two classic stories by Washington Irving. The text of this Dover Children's Thrift Classic is accompanied by the whimsical illustrations of Thea Kliros. Both tales are set in the Dutch-American communities of rural New York State."Legend" tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a schoolteacher who lives in an area purportedly haunted by a terrifying spectre: a headless horseman. "Rip" tells the story of a farmer who has a remarkable paranormal experience while wandering in the mountains. Each story explores the intersection of the supernatural with everyday life. The stories are full of vividly drawn characters and are rich with the local color of rural Dutch American communities. Issues such as folk beliefs, geography, history and oral tradition are well handled by Irving. Irving's playful, earthy prose style is a delight to read. Passages such as a description of a Dutch-American feast are memorable. Funny, ironic, and poignant, these tales are true classics by one of the most enduring figures in American literature.
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Summary: Two classic tales by a master storyteller
Review: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle" brings together these two classic stories by Washington Irving. The text of this Dover Children's Thrift Classic is accompanied by the whimsical illustrations of Thea Kliros. Both tales are set in the Dutch-American communities of rural New York State. "Legend" tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a schoolteacher who lives in an area purportedly haunted by a terrifying spectre: a headless horseman. "Rip" tells the story of a farmer who has a remarkable paranormal experience while wandering in the mountains. Each story explores the intersection of the supernatural with everyday life. The stories are full of vividly drawn characters and are rich with the local color of rural Dutch American communities. Issues such as folk beliefs, geography, history and oral tradition are well handled by Irving. Irving's playful, earthy prose style is a delight to read. Passages such as a description of a Dutch-American feast are memorable. Funny, ironic, and poignant, these tales are true classics by one of the most enduring figures in American literature.
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Summary: My All-Time Favorite Story-A Timeless American Classic
Review: "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving is my all-time favorite story! Set in upstate New York in the late 1700's, schoolmaster Ichabod Crane arrives in the quiet village of Sleepy Hollow to teach the area's children, but is soon enthralled by the many local haunts, sightings and superstitions...and by Katrina Van Tassel, daughter of the richest farmer in the land and romantic interest of local rival Brom Bones. After attending an autumn celebration at the Van Tassel's luxurious mansion, Ichabod Crane rides home through the gloom of night and encounters the most famous ghost in the area...the Headless Horseman...and is never seen or heard from again.
"The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow" has enchanted readers for nearly two centuries, and will no doubt continue to provide great reading for centuries to come. The timeless image of Ichabod Crane being chased by the Headless Horseman and Irving's incredible writing style have made this tale one of the greats of American literature.
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Summary: Wonderful Masterpiece!
Review: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a suspenseful story that combines creativity of older writing with the suspense of modern ghost stories. And with the original characters of Icabod Crane and Brom Bones, this story is sure to keep you glued to its pages!
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Summary: the description is marvellous
Review: Actually, I personlly think the story is not as attracting as I have imagined before reading. But what kept me continuing reading from the cover to the end? Curosity! The vivid and animated description often made me laugh, and I seemed to see the scene that is just before my eyes!The author`s precise and elaborate description and his master composing technic is what we can learn from. Though the story is told in the third person, but as if we are told by an intimate friend. I love this story, and also the charming place!
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Summary: Great intro to Washington Irving on the cheap!
Review: First off, this review is of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle" published by Dover Children's Thrift Classics (dollar amount). While most reviews might concentrate on the merits of the stories themselves, this review is meant to support the benefits of purchasing this particular edition over others. (...) Secondly, I would like to mention that this book contains BOTH "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" AND "Rip Van Winkle" in their respective unabridged entirety. Both are relatively short, entertaining, and easy-to-read stories that supply a great introduction to period literature, beliefs, and storytelling for children and adults alike. While these are not Washington Irving's only writings, they are perhaps the most well-known. (...) ENJOY!
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Summary: Two Classic American Revolution Era Stories @ a BARGAIN $$
Review: First off, this review is of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle" published by Dover Children's Thrift Classics, $.... While most reviews might concentrate on the merits of the stories themselves, this review is meant to support the benefits of purchasing this particular edition over others. That said, the first thing I would like to comment on is the price. You can't ask for more of a bargain that to pay less than a ... of America's most popular and well known Revolutionary War era stories. Great for anyone on a budget, or parents who want to expand their child's library but don't want to break the bank on something they may only read once. .... Secondly, I would like to mention that this book contains BOTH "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" AND "Rip Van Winkle" in their respective unabridged entirety. Both are relatively short, entertaining, and easy-to-read stories that supply a great introduction to period literature, beliefs, and storytelling for children and adults alike. While these are not Washington Irving's only writings, they are perhaps the most well-known. As a former teacher, I have the following suggestion: If you live in the New York metro area, this book would be an excellent jumping off point for a trip to Washington Irving's homestead, "Sunnyside", in Tarrytown, NY, for which you can find plenty of information online. There are several other "living history" sites in the area as well.
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Summary: The True Story of the Headless Horseman
Review: Have you ever heard of the Headless Horseman? Have you ever heard the stories about him and how he attacks people in the woods? Have you ever wondered whether or not the story is real? Find out for yourself by reading Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. I enjoyed reading this book and i think anyone who has a liking for mysterious legends and superstitions should read this book beacause of the interesting legend the town believes in. There are few characters to keep track of and the story is not hard to follow. The book is long but the reading goes quickly. The story is set in the late 18th century in a town in New York called Sleepy Hollow. The town believes in a legend of a headless horseman who rides through the woods at night anf attacks people. The main character is a man named Ichabod Crane who is a schoolteacher from Connecticut. He moves to Sleepy Hollow in search of work and ends up going from home to home working as a tutor. One of his students is 18 year old Katrina Van Tassel who comes from a wealthy family. Ichabod gets the idea that he will try to marry Katrina in order to obtain the family's wealth. However, Katrina's boyrfriend Abraham "Brom Bones" Brut has other plans for Ichabod. As the tension rises, Ichabod continues trying to win Katrina until a breathtaking surprise appearance by the town's legend creates as mysterious an ending as they come. The book has many strengths and few weaknesses. The author manages to create a mood in the book that keeps you always on th edge of your seat waiting for the legend of the Headless Horseman to come into play. The story is simple and easy to follow but is still very interesting. The characters are developed well and have personalities that you can understand and relate to. One such character is Brom Bones who is easily seen as an arrogant egotist. The only weakness of the book was one based on my personal opinion. The end of the story leaves too much to be concluded for my liking. All in all, this book was a great story. The author wrote the characters in such a way that you had definite feelings towards each one of them. Also, the story line was definitely not without surprise. But if you want to discover what surprises I am talking about then I suggest you read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
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Summary: Washington's classic tale doesn't live up to its reputation
Review: I began reading this book with high hopes. I expected it to be a great book filled with great suspense sequences and rousing dialogue. Way wrong. It's just about how the main character, Ichabod Crane, became a teacher and his affairs with Lady Van Trussel and his fued with Brom Bones. You learn that Ichabod is interested in the dark arts and stuff like that. It gets pretty repetitive after a while. The book isn't divided into chapters or sections. Barely even paragrahps. There isn't much dialogue and half the book is just a bunch of words that shouldn't even be in there. Irving probably ran out of ideas and he didn't want to end the book after ten pages, so he just put in a bunch of characters and crap that aren't relative to the plot of the book. They spend so much time using non-useful words that after a while, you begin to forget what the book is about. When they finally mention the Headless Horseman halfway through, it's very unsatisfying. And in the final encounter between Crane and the Horseman, it's another thing you could care less about. The book has too many dissapointments to keep people interested and really isn't too suspenseful. It isn't even that scary. I'm not to sure I want to see the movie now, but anything even relating to the Headless Horseman has to be better than this. Happy reading. At least try to.
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Summary: San Souci version for children
Review: I don't know why amazon lumps every version of this story together. The original is great (if you've seen the "Sleepy Hollow" movie, forget what you know and read the story). But I'm writing to review San Souci's version, which is a rewrite for kids. This is a great idea. I wanted to introduce my 6-year-old to this story, but Washington Irving is just too rich (dense) for kids that age. Fortunately, San Souci has pared down the prose, while leaving nothing of consequence out. His version is very true to the original (I'm fanatical about this, and would tell you if it wasn't). The illustrations are wonderful and not too scary for kids (I don't, though, read this at bedtime, just in case they don't believe me when I tell them it was really just Brom Bones with a pumpkin, which is also pretty apparent from the illustrations). But don't take my word for it. You can find the text on the web (search: San Souci Sleepy Hollow). But come back and buy the book to get all of the pictures
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