The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

By Washington Irving
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“Exceptional talent.”

Edgar Allan Poe

In the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town, New York, in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane arrives to educate the children of the region. This lanky schoolmaster from Connecticut fancies the idea of marrying the beautiful Katrina Van Tassel, the eighteen-year-old daughter of a wealthy farmer, but there is a problem with his plan. Abraham “Brom Bones” Van Brunt, the town rowdy, has already set his heart on marrying her.

This romantic rivalry climaxes one autumn night with the appearance of the legendary Headless Horseman, allegedly the ghost of a Hessian trooper who lost his head to a cannonball during the Revolutionary War. Every night he rides through the woods to the scene of the battle in search of his head.

Since this story’s first appearance in 1820, generations of readers, young and old, have thrilled to the Headless Horseman galloping through the haunted woods of Sleepy Hollow. The rollicking tale of Ichabod Crane and his ill-fated courtship of Katrina Van Tassel has become a classic ghost story.

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  1. Ash Ryan
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    Revisit this American classic for the first time

    If you're like me, you basically know this story from the many retellings of it in various media, but never actually got around to reading the original written by Washington Irving. I finally did, and found it well worth doing. Irving is a fine writer, and puts in many details that make this story much more vivid than in any other version I've heard and bring it to life. It also gives fascinating glimpses into early American life. There is a reason this story has become iconic, and that is because the original drew its characters and their tales so brilliantly, much more so than any of the second-hand (and usually second-rate) versions. Highly recommended!

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