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Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories (Puffin Classics) (original 1820; edition 1996)

by Washington Irving (Author)

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This wasn't that good of a read. While the stories seem driven, the writing feels archaic and insipid. I did not feel a definite connection, or felt the literary appeal, of much of this collection and it was hard to focus in on the details. Overall, not that great of a read.

2 stars. ( )
  DanielSTJ | Sep 10, 2019 |
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A fun, quick paced read.

It’s a mix of folk stories from the early U.S. and from Spain. I knew Rip van Winkle and Ichabod Crane from my childhood, but never straight from the author’s own words. The early stories are good for pretty much any age, maybe depending on the sensitivities of the child and how they would feel about headless horsemen and people making deals with the devil, but to me it was a pretty gentle level of creepy. The latter stories mig not hold younger kids’ attention quite so well, but they’re still interesting. I’d let my older kids read/hear any of them, but might just stick with Rip and Ichabod for the ones under 10.

I find that I like Washington’s writing quite bit, he’s pretty straightforward and to the point with his storytelling, but can be a little more flowery and pretty with his descriptions and vocabulary, maybe somewhere between Twain and Dickens. ( )
  Annrosenzweig | Oct 15, 2021 |
Five short stories: from the entirely forgettable "The Pride of the Village", the readable (but forgettable) "Spectre Bridegroom"; the mildly entertaining "Rip van Winkle" and "Sleepy Hollow" and the take-off of a self-satisfied Enlightenment guy in "Mountjoy."
OK, not a must-read by any means. ( )
  starbox | Sep 30, 2020 |
Se trata de versiones adaptadas para estudiantes de inglés, por lo que no se deben considerar de la misma manera que los originales. El libro cumple su función, y tanto las ilustraciones como las historias en sí son buenísimas. ( )
  little_raven | Jun 1, 2020 |
This wasn't that good of a read. While the stories seem driven, the writing feels archaic and insipid. I did not feel a definite connection, or felt the literary appeal, of much of this collection and it was hard to focus in on the details. Overall, not that great of a read.

2 stars. ( )
  DanielSTJ | Sep 10, 2019 |
Holy crap does Washington Irving suck as a writer. Great ideas REALLY terribly executed. What boring crap. ( )
  benuathanasia | Feb 23, 2017 |
I've only read 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' from this collection. I hadn't read it since Jr. High but, it was nice to go back to it as an adult. We recently discussed this as a library book talk. Fun to discuss older American authors. ( )
  Brian55 | Nov 2, 2009 |
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Tantor Media

2 editions of this book were published by Tantor Media.

Editions: 1400101182, 1400108926

 

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