The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)

Sterling storytelling. Irving's deft descriptions and engaging prose made reading this seminal American tale satisfying and edifying. The rich vocabulary also made me wish Washington Irving plied his craft today.

It seems a shame movie makers couldn't stay closer (cleave in Washington's parlance) to Irving's charming short story

A copy of this already known story, has been available for a long time, but not having it in my library, caused me to order and place it in my collection. The writing abilities of Washington Irving is already known, and is recommended by this reviewer.

Getting this book on ther Kindle was great...and inexpensive...BUT...it had been MANY years since I had read it. I wanted to read it to some kindergarden kids but it is written in Gothic English. Very stilted. Big words! Got a similiar book out of their school library.

Wonderful writing, influenced by Washington Irving's many years living in Europe.It was an enchanting read, and that same week visited the Old Dutch church, Sleepy Hollow Cemetary, Iriving's Grave and his home Sunnyside in Tarrytown NY. Nice little fall thing to do.

Another one of those great stories that you can get on the kindle for free!I picked this book to get me into the Halloween spirit this fall. Having only heard this story told in the cartoon versions of television I was quite surprised by how much I did'nt know about this classic tale.A few minor formatting issues that don't really get in the way at all.
In short, a fun little read!

I highly recommend this book as a visual aid which relates to the current generation of readers. I have purchased several of the Graphic Horror books that retell the classics and my students not only gain great insight into classic tales from them, but they also relate to the format of the books. Highly recommended for ages 12-adult.

The kindle formatting of this edition is a bit chewed up in a couple places (which is annoying and disruptive but it is still easy to follow and read around the odd characters) but as somebody else pointed out having the kindle dictionary to help with the archaic/rare words is REALLY great. Ignoring the pros and cons of the kindle... this is a real gem of a story with characters and locations which are absolutely vivid and fun to read about. If you have not read the story it is definitely worth the afternoon needed to take it all in.