La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow
La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow

Author: Washington Irving

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2023-11-28

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13:

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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.

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

Author: Washington Irving

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2011-09-15

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 1105067564

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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
La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow

Author: Washington Irving

Publisher: BiBook

Published:

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13:

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Esta es una edición bilingüe del relato de terror de Washington Irving. La historia toma lugar en 1784, en los alrededores del asentamiento holandés de Tarry Town (Tarrytown, Nueva York), en un apartado valle llamado Sleepy Hollow. Sleepy Hollow es conocido por sus fantasmas y el ambiente embrujado que impregna la imaginación de sus habitantes y visitantes. El espectro más infame del lugar es el Jinete sin Cabeza, de quien se dice que es el fantasma de un soldado hesiano que fue alcanzado en la cabeza por una bala de cañón durante "alguna batalla sin nombre" de la Guerra Revolucionaria de EEUU y quien "cabalga hacia la escena de la batalla en una nocturna búsqueda de su cabeza".

La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow
La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow

Author: Washington Irving

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 9788431609887

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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.

La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow / The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow / The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Author: Washington Irving

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2014-10-15

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 9781502854926

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La historia toma lugar en 1784, en los alrededores del asentamiento holandés de Tarry Town (Nueva York), en un apartado valle llamado Sleepy Hollow. El lugar es conocido por sus fantasmas y el ambiente embrujado que impregna la imaginación de sus habitantes y visitantes. El espectro más infame del lugar es el Jinete sin Cabeza, de quien se dice que es el fantasma de un antiguo soldado que fue alcanzado en la cabeza por una bala de cañón durante "alguna batalla sin nombre" de la Guerra Revolucionaria de EEUU y quien "cabalga hacia la escena de la batalla en una nocturna búsqueda de su cabeza".The story is set in 1790 in the countryside around the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town (historical Tarrytown, New York), in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow. Sleepy Hollow is renowned for its ghosts and the haunting atmosphere that pervades the imaginations of its inhabitants and visitors. The most infamous spectre in the Hollow is the Headless Horseman, said to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper who had his head shot off by a stray cannonball during "some nameless battle" of the American Revolutionary War, and who "rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head."

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Author: Washington Irving

Publisher: BookRix

Published: 2018-10-16

Total Pages: 51

ISBN-13: 3736801696

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story by American author Washington Irving. Along with Irving's companion piece "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity. The story is set in 1790 in the countryside around the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town (historical Tarrytown, New York), in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow. Sleepy Hollow is renowned for its ghosts and the haunting atmosphere that pervades the imaginations of its inhabitants and visitors. The most infamous spectre in the Hollow is the Headless Horseman, said to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper who had his head shot off by a stray cannonball during "some nameless battle" of the American Revolutionary War, and who "rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head". The "Legend" 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 a wealthy farmer, Baltus Van Tassel.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Author: Washington Irving

Publisher: Dramatic Publishing

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780871293466

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"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is set circa 1790 in the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town, New York, in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow. It tells the story 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 a wealthy farmer. As Crane leaves a party, he is pursued by the Headless Horseman, who is supposedly the ghost of a Hessian trooper who had his head shot off by a stray cannonball during "some nameless battle" of the American Revolutionary War, and who "rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head."

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Author: Washington Irving

Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan

Published: 2021-01-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13:

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' by American author Washington Irving, is a short story of speculative fiction. This story was first contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories entitled 'The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent'. 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity, especially during Halloween because of a character known as the headless horseman believed to be a Hessian soldier who lost his head to a cannonball in battle.