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| Original Title: | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
| ISBN: | 0809594080 (ISBN13: 9780809594085) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Ichabod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, Baltus Van Tassel, Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt |
| Setting: | Tarrytown, New York,1790(United States) |
Washington Irving
Paperback | Pages: 108 pages Rating: 3.73 | 46322 Users | 3018 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
| Author | : | Washington Irving |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 108 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 2004 by Wildside Press (first published 1820) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Horror. Fiction. Short Stories. Fantasy. Gothic |
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Ichabod Crane, a schoolteacher, came to Tarry Town in the glen of Sleepy Hollow to ply his trade in educating young minds. He was a gullible and excitable fellow, often so terrified by locals' stories of ghosts that he would hurry through the woods on his way home, singing to keep from hysterics. Until late one night, he finds that maybe they're not just stories. What is that dark, menacing figure riding behind him on a horse? And what does it have in its hands? And why wasn't schoolteacher Crane ever seen in Sleepy Hollow again?Rating About Books The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Ratings: 3.73 From 46322 Users | 3018 ReviewsColumn About Books The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
This is a short story. Certainly one of the most famous (at least by name) of early American literature. Perhaps one of the first examples of the gothic genre, before Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft.It is however interesting to note that, for the most part, this piece of writing is a description of the Dutch community and rural life in the early 19th century New York suburban area. Irving provides vivid descriptions of the peasants occupations, the animal farms, the chirping of birds, theThis book isn't exactly "scary", conventionally speaking, nor is it cheerful like the cartoon Disney adaptation, but it's certainly atmospheric and serves also as a pioneering urban legend. There's an ever-present dark humour which makes this book a lot of fun, and Irving's vivid depictions of scenes and characters come to life in a very timeless way. Ichabod Crane's many vices for food and for the woman he harbours a thing for are certainly much more bold here than in any of the adaptational
Well, hello there, Mr. Ichabod Crane! I cannot believe I waited so long before meeting you.I really don't see the horror part in this classic. I found myself smiling throughout the entire story. And it was all Irving's fault. He's just so funny and charming. There was no dialogue at all. I became aware of that at some point and wandered how come I still enjoyed it.The ending fit the character perfectly. I would have not wanted it any other way.
3 STARS!I thought I would like The Legend of Sleepy Hollow more but that wasn't the case. This old tale of a headless rider was just okay in my opinion. I think my expectations were way to high!A couple of things:1. Washington Irving spent so much time describing Sleepy Hollow and the countryside that when the spook factor finally showed up in the last 1/3 of the book, it didn't really scare me.2. I wasn't creeped out or scared at anytime while reading this. I still liked the concept of the
I recollect that, when a stripling, my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley. I had wandered into it at noon time, when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own gun, as it broke the Sabbath stillness around, and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes. If ever I should wish for a retreat, whither I might steal from the world and its distractions, and dream quietly away the remnant of a
I spent a few weeks every summer in the Catskill Mountains at a resort with my godparents, parents and grandparents. I used to walk around the forest, searching for the headless horsemen. The cottages we always stayed in were either "Rip Van Winkle" or "Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Such good memories on the place and this book. Even before the movie, it launched my thirst for mystery and the hunt! And when they used this to make a few movies and then the TV show, I loved the whole concept. A
A reread for me, quite a humdinger of a little story with the silly, scarecrow of a school teacher and his stupendous imagination getting the best of him and leaving the girl as a prize for his clever rival.
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