"Behind every happy man, there stands a loving, super-strong little wife who will sink or swim with him and who will bear with him whatever great troubles he might have. A husband makes some bad speculations and is plunged into poverty. His friend urges him to tell his wife so she can support him, but he is afraid to. When, at last, he does tell her, she is transformed into a ravishing beauty who helps keep their newly purchased humble cottage like a castle, and sharing strawberries and cream in the back yard." (RayS)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1819 | The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.: No. I | C. S. Van Winkle | Collection | 39 | |
| 1820 | The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. | Collection | |||
| 1964 |
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories | Airmont Books | Collection | 82 |
| 1967 |
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Rip Van Winkle; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories | The Easton Press | Collection | 23 |
| June 1980 |
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories | Airmont Books | Collection | 82 |
| January 2000 | The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |4 | |
| June 2012 |
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories | Dover Publications | Collection | |6 |