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Washington irving
1783 – 1859, american
A History of New York
Introduction and Notes by
Elizabeth L. Bradley
In 1809, New Yorkers were buzzing about
a series of classified ads concerning the
whereabouts of Dutch historian Diedrich
Knickerbocker. They were unaware that
Washington Irving had invented the
man entirely and placed the ads himself.
Knickerbocker’s purported manuscript,
A History of New York, was Irving’s own.
Irving’s good-humored spoofing had
staying power, and his satire provided the
city with its first self-portrait.
304 pp. 978-0-14-310561-9 $15.00
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and
Other Stories
With an Introduction and Notes by
William L. Hedges
Irving’s delightful 1819 miscellany of
essays and sketches includes the two
classic tales “The Legend of Sleepy
Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle.”
368 pp. 978-0-14-043769-0 $8.95
shirley jaCkson
1919 – 1965, american
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Introduction by Jonathan Lethem
Cover art by Thomas Ott
Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of
dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in
the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel
about a perverse, isolated, and possibly
murderous family and the struggle that
ensues when a cousin arrives at their
estate.
240 pp. 978-0-14-303997-6 $15.00
Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
The Haunting of Hill House
Introduction by Laura Miller
This is the story of four spirit seekers who
arrive at a notoriously unfriendly heap
called Hill House. At first, their stay seems
destined to be merely a spooky encounter
with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill
House is gathering its powers—and soon
it will choose one of them to make its
own.
272 pp. 978-0-14-303998-3 $15.00
harriet jaCobs
c. 1813 – 1897, american
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Written by Herself
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by
Nell Irvin Painter
Jacobs’s haunting, evocative memoir of
her life as a slave in North Carolina and
her final escape and emancipation is one
of the most important books ever written
documenting the traumas and horrors of
slavery—and the particular experiences of
female slaves—in the antebellum South.
This edition also includes “A True Tale
of Slavery,” written by Jacobs’s brother,
John, for a London periodical.
240 pp. 978-0-14-043795-9 $12.00
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