Published in 1819, Rip Van Winkle was joined in Irvings book of short stories by The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a fictional short story rife with mystery and supernatural phenomena that involves a headless horseman chasing Ichabod Crane out of the town of Sleepy Hollow. The surreal, eerie nature of this short story is a clear forerunner to some of Edgar Allan Poes most famous work. This edition of Rip Van Winkle includes a table of contents and is illustrated.
Published in 1819, Rip Van Winkle was joined in Irvings book of short stories by The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a fictional short story rife with mystery and supernatural phenomena that involves a headless horseman chasing Ichabod Crane out of the town of Sleepy Hollow. The surreal, eerie nature of this short story is a clear forerunner to some of Edgar Allan Poes most famous work. This edition of Rip Van Winkle includes a table of contents and is illustrated.