La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow y otros cuentos fantásticos

Known mainly in Spain for his "Tales of the Alhambra" (also published in this collection), Washington Irving (1783-1859) is the most popular American romantic writer along with Edgar Allan Poe. Proof of this is the continued validity until today in the form of adaptations to the screen and illustrated editions of the four stories gathered in this volume, all of which have their origin in his fondness for stories marked by supernatural and mysterious elements and atmospheres: « The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ", with its enigmatic and spectral horseman," Rip van Winkle "caught in his unexpected dream," The Corpse Boyfriend "who returns from the other world in search of his beloved, and finally the gruesome story that carries by title "The Devil and Tom Hawker"