The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow And Other Stories

Francis King

A witty, heartbreaking tale of unrequited love by "one of the finest and most remarkable English novelists of our time." (The Scotsman) Antonio Valli, a gifted Italian philosopher in his thirties, has left his wife and children behind in Florence for a one-year research fellowship at a provincial English university. Handsome and charming, Antonio is irresistible to men and wome...

Lee Onhwa

For readers of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, The Dallergut Dream Department Store, and The Midnight Library, a sweetly magical and uplifting novel about a young woman who inherits an enchanted bakery that spirits visit on their last stop before the afterlife. Twenty-seven-year-old Yeon-hwa has inherited a neighborhood bakery from her grandmother. Curiously, her grandmother's wil...

Xiaolu Guo

"A propulsive powerhouse of a read."--Marie Claire (UK) "Ambitious, brave, and strange."--Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan From the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author, a feminist reimagining of Herman Melville's classic Moby-Dick through the eyes of one inimitable woman and a diverse, swashbuckling crew I must work on a ship as a man . . . I must find freedom on...

Jewell, Lisa

Discover the debut novel of the #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell in which the residents of an apartment building confront one another's attractions, distrust, secrets, and lies. Perfect for fans of Dolly Alderton and Jojo Moyes.Welcome to 31 Almanac Road where the walls don't talk, but the people sure do. First, we have Ralph and Smith. Roommates and life-long b...

Lisa Genova

**National Bestseller** A "riveting page-turner" (Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee) about a young woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder who rejects the stability and approval found in a traditionally "normal" life for a career in stand-up comedy.Maddy Banks is just like any other stressed-out freshman at NYU. Between schoolwork, exams, n...

Rebecca Armitage

An irresistible modern fairy tale about a British princess who must decide between her duty to her family--or to her own heart It's New Year's Day in Tasmania and the life Lexi Villiers has carefully built is working out nicely: she's in the second year of her medical residency, she lives on a beautiful farm with her two best friends Finn and Jack, and she's about to finally...

Irving, Washington

Perteneciente al Romanticismo Estadounidense, Washington Irving fue uno de los autores más admirados del siglo XIX. Amante de las leyendas, le otorgó a la mayoría de sus narraciones cortas una ambientación gótica, siniestra y fantástica, que fueron su sello más personal, con toques costumbristas y coloquiales; aunque ante todo, Irving fue un escritor que derramó optimismo en to...

Irving, Washington

La Leyenda de Sleepy Hollow, , la increíble historia del curioso maestro de escuela Ichabod Crane y de un jinete sin cabeza que aterroriza sobre su imponente caballo a una tranquila y peculiar población agrícola de una comarca de origen holandés situada en las cercanías del río Hudson norteamericano, cerca de Nueva York, es un fabuloso relato corto fantástico escrito en 1820 po...

Irving, Washington

Prototipo de historiador romántico, cosmopolita y viajero infatigable, el norteamericano Washington Irving (1783-1859) encarna la personalidad inquieta y polifacética del hombre del siglo XIX. Llevado por sus intereses a Europa, y tras residir durante un tiempo en Inglaterra y Francia, Irving llegaría a España, como agregado de embajada, en 1826. El éxito de sus libros, de cort...

Irving, Washington

Washington Irving's classic tale of romantic schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and his terrifying encounter with the Headless Horseman is given new life in this edition, featuring the richly detailed, one-of-a-kind folk illustrations of Will Moses. ...

Irving, Washington

La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow es un relato corto de terror y romanticismo, escrito por Washington Irving en 1820, en su colección de ensayos e historias cortas The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon. La historia se sitúa en 1784, en los alrededores del asentamiento neerlandés de Tarry Town (Tarrytown, Nueva York), en un apartado valle llamado Sleepy Hollow conocido por sus historias ...

Irving, Washington

Parejas de enamorados, jinetes sin cabeza y aldeanos que duermen siestas de décadas confluyen en un díptico que parece al mismo tiempo realismo mágico y terror costumbrista. En estos dos relatos, Sleepy Hollow, o La leyenda del jinete sin cabeza, y Rip van Winkle, se encuentra la simiente del llamado Gótico Americano, que convirtió a Washington Irving en el primer escritor de...