Washington Irving
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The popular North American writer Washington Irving was born in New York in 1783. He stayed some time in Spain living in Andalucía and specifically in Granada where he visited La Alhambra and did some historical research on Spanish history. As a result of all these experiences he wrote the famous book "Tales of La Alhambra" which remains one of his most popular works.
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Sinister early American satire from Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 — November 28, 1859) author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. The classic short story "The Devil and Tom Walker" is the dark and eerie tale of a foolish man's greed, hypocrisy and ambition. Puritan writing at its finest. Tom is a debased man, miserly and cruel to his fellows, and even to his wife. The Devil, shows him a grove of rotting trees, representing souls....
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving, both appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of George Washington, Oliver Goldsmith and Muhammad, and several histories of 15th-century Spain dealing with subjects such as Christopher Columbus, the Moors, and the Alhambra. Irving served as the U.S. ambassador to Spain from 1842 to 1846. Irving made his literary debut...
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This anthology of unabridged short stories represents some of the most significant works from the most influential American authors of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Included are Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe, Mermaids by Louisa May Alcott, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge...
69) Rip Van Winkle
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[1999]
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A retelling of the tale in which a man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.
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[2008]
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A headless horseman haunts Sleep Hollow! At least that's the legend in the tiny village of Tarrytown. But scary stories won't stop the town's new schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane, from crossing through the Hollow, especially when the beautiful Katrina lives on the other side. Will Ichabod win over his beloved or discover that the legend of Sleepy Hollow is actually true?
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[2011]
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Drácula (Dracula) : On a business trip to Transylvania, Jonathan Harker stays at an eerie castle owned by a man named Count Dracula. When strange things start to happen, Harker investigates and finds the count sleeping in a coffin! Harker isn't safe, and when the count escapes to London, his friends aren't either.
La leyenda del Jinete sin Cabeza (The legend of Sleepy Hollow) : A headless horseman haunts Sleepy Hollow! At least that's the legend...
77) Hollow
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Isabel "Izzy" Crane and her family have just relocated to Sleepy Hollow, the town made famous by--and obsessed with--Washington Irving's legend of the Headless Horseman. But city slicker-skeptic Izzy has no time for superstition as she navigates life at a new address, a new school, and, with any luck, with new friends. Ghost stories aren't real, after all... Then Izzy is pulled into the orbit of the town's teen royalty, Vicky Van Tassel (yes, that...
79) Sleepy Hollow
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[2006]
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In this version of Washington Irving's classic tale, Ichabod Crane is an eccentric investigator sent to Sleepy Hollow to probe a series of murders allegedly committed by a headless horseman.
80) Sleepy Hollow
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c2006
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A New York magistrate orders Ichabod Crane to travel to the small town of Sleepy Hollow to investigate two murders. Crane is determined to apprehend the murderous Headless Horseman and prove him to be a flesh-and-blood mortal.