Washington Irving weaves a bewitching tale with hints of the gothic to expose a darkness pervading social stratification in 19th-century America. In Irving’s best-known short story, a teacher vying for the hand of a wealthy socialite...
New York (State)--Catskill Mountains Region
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Auteur:Irving, WashingtonSommaire:Two stories from the Catskill Mountains: one featuring a man who sleeps for twenty years, waking to a much-changed world; and the other, a superstitious schoolmaster who encounters a headless horseman.
