Washington Irving, George Lakon
Rip Van Winkle And The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Simplified for Modern Readers
eBook
( Aug. 12, 2013)
“Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” are Washington Irving’s best known stories. However they were written so long ago that they are now very difficult to understand.
-The language of almost two hundred years ago has been extensively modernized.
-End notes, interpretation, and discussion of major themes follow the text.
-Biographical information on Irving is included.
-The stories are the originals--only difficult vocabulary and sentence structure has been changed.
-Modern readers will better understand and appreciate these very first American short stories.
-The language of almost two hundred years ago has been extensively modernized.
-End notes, interpretation, and discussion of major themes follow the text.
-Biographical information on Irving is included.
-The stories are the originals--only difficult vocabulary and sentence structure has been changed.
-Modern readers will better understand and appreciate these very first American short stories.
- Pages
- 126