The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Paperback Washington Irving

from m.belljackson

4-5 Stars for Rip and Ichabod, 3 or less for most of the other fiction. Early in the book, Irving offers maybe the first literary mention of throwing shade: (talking about "great men") "I have mingled among them in my time, and have been withered by the shade in which they cast me...." Totally...

from crochetingbridgett

This book is a collection of short stories including "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". There is quite a variety in this book, so everyone will find something to like, and something not to like.

from lit13

Though the writing style might be difficult to wade through, the stories themselves are worth it.

from JBD1

I had read "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" before, but I picked this up to read the other essays included in the collection. "The Art of Book-making" (about a visit to the British Library) was great, but most of the others here didn't do much for me, and a few really annoyed me...

from haloedrain

4 stars for Rip Van Winkle and Sleepy Hollow. The rest are skippable, they read like the kind of op-ed that spawns lots of other op-eds and blog posts disagreeing with each other.