Short Stories
- Bartleby, the ScrivenerBartleby, the Scrivener
A lawyer narrates this short story about a Wall Street copyist who begins refusing his assigned work. Bartleby's quiet reply, "I would prefer not to," leaves his employer unsure how to respond.
- The Legend of Sleepy HollowThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow
This short story follows schoolteacher Ichabod Crane through a Hudson Valley village filled with ghost stories. His nighttime encounter with the Headless Horseman mixes fear with the village's practical jokes.
- Rip Van WinkleRip Van Winkle
This short story follows a villager who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains and wakes twenty years later. He returns to find that the American Revolution has changed his village while he slept.