Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Brossura

Libro 5 di 166: Dover Fine Art, History of Art

Irving, Washington

 
9781911238560: Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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A retelling of Rip Van Winkle, a man who sleeps twenty years and awakens to a changed world, in comic form.In pre-revolutionary New York, Rip Van Winkle unknowingly falls asleep for twenty years and awakens to find the world irrevocably changed.Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story.The Classics Illustrated comic book series began in 1941 with its first issue, Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers, and has since included over 200 classic tales released around the world. This new Paperback Replica edition is part of a continuing effort to make Classics Illustrated available to all, be they young readers just beginning their journeys into the great world of classic literature, or collectors who have fond memories of this much loved comic book series.

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Informazioni sugli autori

Washington Irving (3 April 1783- 28 November 1859) was an American short-story writer, historian and diplomat of the early 19th Century, He was one of the first American writers to find acclaim in Europe.

Norman Nodel began his illustrious career as a field artist in the army, drawing military maps during World War II. His association with Classics Illustrated began in 1954 and his first work was an adaptation of Van Tilburg Clark’s classic, The Ox-Bow Incident. His catalogue within the CI series is vast.

John Parker (1917-2004) was an American artist who started illustrating magazines and painted covers in the 1940s. He began to paint covers for Classics Illustrated Comics in 1956 and eventually taught illustration at the Ivy School of Professional Art.

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In pre-revolutionary New York, Rip Van Winkle unknowingly falls asleep for twenty years and awakens to find the world irrevocably changed. Also includes Irving’s chilling tale The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

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