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RipVanWinklewalksintothemountainsonedayandmeetssomestrangeoldmen.Hecomeshometwentyyearslater.Onedarknight,IchabodCraneisridinghomeandseesamanonablackhorsebehindhim.Themanhasnohead.Arethereghostsinthesestories?Whatdoyouthink?
作者简介
WashingtonIrving,oneofthefirstAmericanstoachieveinternationalrecognitionasanauthor,wasborninNewYorkCityin1783.HisAHistoryofNewYork,publishedin1809underthenameofDiedrichKnickerbocker,wasasatiricalhistoryofNewYorkthatspannedtheyearsfrom1609to1664.Underanotherpseudonym,GeoffreyCrayon,hewroteTheSketch-book,whichincludedessaysaboutEnglishfolkcustoms,essaysabouttheAmericanIndian,andthetwoAmericanstoriesforwhichheismostrenowned——"TheLegendofSleepyHollow"and"RipVanWinkle."IrvingservedasamemberoftheU.S.legationinSpainfrom1826to1829andasministertoSpainfrom1842to1846.FollowinghisreturntotheU.S.in1846,hebeganworkonafive-volumebiographyofWashingtonthatwaspublishedfrom1855-1859.WashingtonIrvingdiedin1859inNewYork.