Summaries of Tales of Washington Irving and Other American Authors

Included are the following works of Washington Irving: “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” ”Rip Van Winkle,” “The Student of Salamanca,” “The Devil and Tom Walker,” “The Spectre Bridegroom,” “Philip of Pokanoket,” and “Geoffrey Crayon Sails to Liverpool.” Also included are “The Prince and the Pauper” by Mark Twain, “The Griffin and the Minor Canon” by Frank Stockton, “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” by Stephen Crane, “Evangeline” by Longfellow, and “The Turn of the Screw” by Henry James. All the essentials of the plots are presented, as well as a few critical comments.