‘The Spectre Bridegroom’ and ‘The Pride of the Village’ by Washington Irving, from The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1819–20), in ‘Rip van Winkle’, ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ & Other Stories. Wordsworth Classics, 2009. Two tales about true love, yet one’s a tragedy and the other a comedy; one is set in rural England, another … Continue reading Death and the maiden: #ShortStorySeptember
