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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Writings, by Washington Irving, is area of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, that provides quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the overall reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully-crafted extras. Below are some of the remarkable options that come with Barnes & Noble Classics: All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's knowledge of these enduring works. The first great American man of words, Washington Irving became a global superstar virtually immediately upon newsletter of The Sketch Book in 1820, including the stories “The Story of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle.” These two reports stay his crowning achievement, but additionally to being fully a writer of brief stories, Irving was also an acclaimed essayist, travel writer, biographer, and historian. This quantity displays Irving’s greatest function across a number of styles, including unique paper articles about New York community, the theatre, and modern styles; enchanting travel items that evocatively place together history and tale; funny stories and satirical essays from The Sketch-Book and its sequel Bracebridge Area, and excerpts from A History of New York, considered the very first great National book of comic literature. The author’s achievement allowed him to make a living by writing alone, uncommon for an American at that time. Irving’s lively, usually tongue-in-cheek prose design, along with his capability to mix roguish satire, pathos, and attractive explanation, had a serious impact upon the most popular culture of his time.