Secret window, secret garden

King, Stephen. "Secret window, secret garden" in Four past midnight. New York : Viking, 1990.

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"Secret window, secret garden" is one of the four novellas in this book by Stephen King. It is the story of a successful writer, Mort Rainey, who is suddenly confronted by a man claiming Mort plagiarized his story.  Chased by this man, Mort will try to find the truth about the story and will end finding a thrilling one about himself. Full of suspense and horror, this fast-paced and compelling story will take us to the deep complexity of the human mind.

The movie "Secret window", adapted and directed by David Koepp, was released in 2004. Johnny Depp performs as Mort Rainey and he was nominated as Best Actor for the Chainsaw Award for this movie.

+  "The Langoliers", the first novella of this book, was also adapted to movie in 1995. Check it out here
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The legend of Sleepy Hollow

Irving, Washington. The legend of Sleepy Hollow and other stories. New York: Penguin Putnam, 2010.

 

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In this short story by Washington Irving, schoolmaster Ichabod Crane comes to the town of Sleepy Hollow to work as a school teacher and he falls in love with a Katrina, a young woman from the town. In his attempts to win her heart we will find himself involved in a ghost story with a headless horseman. The legend of Sleepy Hollow is a creepy horror story set in New York in the 19th Century.

This edition also contains travel essays, tales of romance, and literary musings by Washington Irving, as well as an introduction by Prof. Wayne Franklin.

A film based on this story was released in 1999, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci. It won an Oscar for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration as well as other awards.

+ The movie in IMDB 
  + The legend of the Sleepy Hollow in our library catalogue GO! 
     + You can also read a digitized 1897 edition here

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