Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: I'm not myself — I'm somebody else — that's me yonder — no — that's somebody else got into my shoes... I can't tell what's my name, or who I am! Touching and comic short stories from the 19th century American master of the genre. It is one of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Writings, by Washington Irving, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: All editions are beautifully designed…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'There was a contagion in the very air that blew from that haunted region; it breathed forth an atmosphere of dreams and fancies infecting all the land'. Featuring 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle', this collection of inspired essays, stories and sketches established Washington Irving's…
Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: 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.
Скачать книгу (размер 340 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 68) Аннотация: Helbling Readers Blue Series is designed for teenagers and young adults. Readers can choose from sensitively adapted teen-relevant classics and a gripping selection of original fiction.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 937 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 381) Аннотация: The creator of such quintessentially American fiction as Rip Van Winkle, Irving earned his preeminence with the masterpieces in miniature collected here: dozens of short stories, travel essays, biographical discourses, and literary musings.
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: «Rip van Winkle is an amiable man whose home and farm suffer from his lazy neglect; a familiar figure about the village, he is loved by all except his wife. One autumn day he escapes her nagging to wander up into the mountains, and there after drinking some liquor offered to him by a band of very strange folk, he settles down under a shady tree and falls asleep. He wakes up twenty years later and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: «Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate «reader friendly» type sizes have been chosen for each title — offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords. Rip's a good natured loser,…