The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

<b>The timeless collection that introduced Rip Van Winkle Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman</b><br><br>Perhaps the marker of a true mythos is when the stories themselves overshadow their creator. Originally published under a pseudonym as&#160;<i>The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon</i>&#160;<i>Gent</i>.&#160;<i>The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories</i>&#160;gave America its own haunted mythology. This collection of larger-than-life tales contains Washington Irving&#146;s best-known literary inventions&#151;Ichabod Crane the Headless Horseman and Rip Van Winkle&#151;that continue to capture our imaginations today.<br><br>For more than seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1700&#160;titles Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the&#160;series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors as well as up-to-date&#160;translations by award-winning translators.