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dead_unicorn's review against another edition
2.0
Overall I didn't like his writing style, I didn't really like that he was the narrator telling you a story instead of you being in the story and most of his stories just rubbed me the wrong way. I really didn't like the way he talked about women. They were all "sweet untouched flowers" or "old ugly shrew"
Rip Van Winkle: Wow this was strange. I didn't get the point was it just suppose about doing anything to get away from your wife? He was a lazy young man that would do literally anything to not do any of his own work and one day goes for a walk and meet a strange man who gives him a strange drink and makes Rip Van Winkle sleep for 20 (or around that) years. I mean he slept through his wife's death and felt relieved. I didn't get it nor did I like it!
The Spectre Bridegroom: This one was cute. It is a story of a misunderstanding where a groom heading to meet his future bride is killed and using his dying breath to tell another man to tell the family of his bride to be that he has died and while that man goes to deliver his messages is mistaken for the groom. After meeting the young girl that the dead man was to marry he fell in love with her. I think the story would have been better if the reader didn't know from the beginning that the man who went to meet with the family wasn't the intended bridegroom and if the reader was ticked into think he was actually a ghost.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: This was nothing like how I thought it would be! I have seen adaptions of this story and they make it seem more like a ghost story than it actually is! It's all just a prank because two men were fighting over which would marry the heiress. This took too long to get to the point and Ichabod only really thought about food.
The Adventure of the German Student: Um ok necrophilia, why?
The Devil and Tom Walker: I liked this one it about if you are a shitty person going to church won't save you from the devil if you continue to be a shit person, you have to do good works to be a good person.
The Adventure of the Mason: I liked this one, it shows that sometime it pays to do just an honest day's work (and then some shady shit)
The Legend of the Rose of Alhambra: I kinda like this one it was a love story kinda, it was about a girl who is heartbroken getting a magic lute that wins her fame and reunites her with her true love. It was kinda cute but I think she forgave her lover way too quickly
The Governor and the Notary: Didn't get this one at all.
Governor Manco and the Soldier: I didn't get the point the soldier was imprisoned for making an outrageous story about how he ends up with some money and ends up seducing the Governor handmaiden to get out and runs away with her. It was meh
Rip Van Winkle: Wow this was strange. I didn't get the point was it just suppose about doing anything to get away from your wife? He was a lazy young man that would do literally anything to not do any of his own work and one day goes for a walk and meet a strange man who gives him a strange drink and makes Rip Van Winkle sleep for 20 (or around that) years. I mean he slept through his wife's death and felt relieved. I didn't get it nor did I like it!
The Spectre Bridegroom: This one was cute. It is a story of a misunderstanding where a groom heading to meet his future bride is killed and using his dying breath to tell another man to tell the family of his bride to be that he has died and while that man goes to deliver his messages is mistaken for the groom. After meeting the young girl that the dead man was to marry he fell in love with her. I think the story would have been better if the reader didn't know from the beginning that the man who went to meet with the family wasn't the intended bridegroom and if the reader was ticked into think he was actually a ghost.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: This was nothing like how I thought it would be! I have seen adaptions of this story and they make it seem more like a ghost story than it actually is! It's all just a prank because two men were fighting over which would marry the heiress. This took too long to get to the point and Ichabod only really thought about food.
The Adventure of the German Student: Um ok necrophilia, why?
The Devil and Tom Walker: I liked this one it about if you are a shitty person going to church won't save you from the devil if you continue to be a shit person, you have to do good works to be a good person.
The Adventure of the Mason: I liked this one, it shows that sometime it pays to do just an honest day's work (and then some shady shit)
The Legend of the Rose of Alhambra: I kinda like this one it was a love story kinda, it was about a girl who is heartbroken getting a magic lute that wins her fame and reunites her with her true love. It was kinda cute but I think she forgave her lover way too quickly
The Governor and the Notary: Didn't get this one at all.
Governor Manco and the Soldier: I didn't get the point the soldier was imprisoned for making an outrageous story about how he ends up with some money and ends up seducing the Governor handmaiden to get out and runs away with her. It was meh
pietan's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
ostrava's review against another edition
4.0
Didn't really care for Sleepy Hollow, LOVED Rip Van Winkle and The Spectre Bridegroom. Too bad the former brought the rating down. It's a nice collection, but I don't think I will be coming back to Irving unless it's to reread these stories.
judyward's review against another edition
4.0
So everyone knows the story of Rip Van Winkle, but I had never really read Washington Irving. Earlier this year, I read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and really enjoyed it, so I decided to delve deeper into the work of Washington Irving. I realized that while I remembered the highlights of the Rip Van Winkle tale, I had forgotten how horrible his wife was and Rip's reputation in his village before his adventure in the mountains. I enjoyed all of the stories in this book and realize that I need to fill in other gaps in the classics. That's a resolution for 2011.
little_raven's review against another edition
3.0
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.
leonkleinveld's review against another edition
3.0
The stories within this collection are decent but are thoroughly marked as a product of the time they were written in. There is a particular paragraph in Sleepy Hollow, that is designed to be judgment of a woman's promiscuous ways, but with today's standard about what is and what is not modest for a woman to wear, the passage only comes off as laughable, or an attempt at a bad joke.
These "anachronisms" (by lack of a better word) do not however lessen my enjoyment of the story, to the contrary, they enhance them in a way Washington Irving could never have accounted for.
These "anachronisms" (by lack of a better word) do not however lessen my enjoyment of the story, to the contrary, they enhance them in a way Washington Irving could never have accounted for.
kingfan30's review against another edition
1.0
I found it interesting the story that gives its name to this book was one of the shorter ones. I have to say I liked the idea behind the first few stories but I just couldn't get my head round the writing style, my just wanted to wonder. I read all the stories but feel maybe I should give them another chance at some point.
egajdosik's review against another edition
5.0
I just love Washington Irving's writing. I'm grateful to him for providing the United States with it's own folklore and fairytales.
annatheavid's review against another edition
I really enjoyed Washington Irving's writing style! I generally enjoy works from around this period because they are so eloquent and melodic without simply being verbose for the sake of being verbose. I actually read a horror story!! lol And there is a horror story that isn't a horror story!! Can it get better than that? And you come away finally knowing the story of Rip Van Winkle! Overall for me a very enjoyable read.
bwilhoite8's review against another edition
2.0
Wasn't a fan of the authors writing and too much detail.