The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Washington Irving
- First Published: 1819
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Type of Plot: Tall tale
- Time of Work: Eighteenth century
- Setting: New York State
- Principal Characters: Ichabod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, Abraham Van Brunt
- Genres: Short fiction, Folklore
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Class conflict, Love or romance, Superstition, Ghosts or apparitions, Poverty or poor people, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Fear, Eighteenth century, Inheritance or succession, Legends, Folklore, Hallucinations or illusions, Bridges
- Locales: New York, Tarry Town, NY
The Story:
Near Tarrytown on the Hudson River is a little valley which, years ago, was the quietest place in the world. A drowsy influence hung over the place and people so that the region was known as Sleepy Hollow, and the lads were called Sleepy Hollow boys. Some said that the valley was bewitched. It was true that marvelous stories were told there.
The main figure to haunt the valley was one on horseback, without a head. Some said the specter was the apparition of a Hessian horseman who had lost his head to a cannonball, but, whatever it was, it was often seen in the...
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