The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Legend of Sleepy Hollow write by Washington Irving. This book was released on 2016-10-15. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers, this sequestered glen has long been known by name of Sleepy Hollow... A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. Washington Irving
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Ghostly Tales
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Ghostly Tales - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Ghostly Tales write by Washington Irving. This book was released on 2018-12-18. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Ghostly Tales available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ichabod Crane is a young schoolmaster from Connecticut now living in Sleepy Hollow, a settlement in New York State notorious for rumours of ghostly visitations, especially from the infamous Headless Horseman. Considered an outsider by the local inhabitants, he falls in love with the eighteen-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, but has to contend with the loutish Brom Bones for her affections. Then one night Crane's mounting problems come to a head when he finally experiences the horrors of the supernatural first-hand... A classic tale of American Gothic, 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' has found a central place in the collective imagination and inspired many adaptations. Also included in this volume is a selection of some of Irving's most celebrated ghostly tales, such as 'The Phantom Island' and 'The Devil and Tom Walker'.
The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories write by Washington Irving. This book was released on 2020-10-21. The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories by an American writer Washington Irving. The story is set in the end of the 18th century in the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town, called Sleepy Hollow. Ichabod Crane, a lean, lanky and extremely superstitious teacher from Connecticut competes with Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and sole child of a wealthy farmer, Baltus Van Tassel. One autumn night, when Ichabod was returning from the party at the Van Tassels' homestead, he was followed by a rider without a head. Presumably, it was a ghost of Hessian cavalryman, who had been beheaded by a stray shot in one of the “unnamed battles” during the War of Independence (USA) and after that “rode during the night in a search of his head”…
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Stories
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Stories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Stories write by Washington Irving. This book was released on 2025-03-11. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Stories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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? This edition also includes Washington Irving’s other short stories, including Rip van Winkle.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories write by Washington Irving. This book was released on 1999. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Presents a collection of the author's travel writings, reflections on nineteenth-century English society, and several short stories
