Dec 30, 2009

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Characters

Brom Bones
See Abraham Van Brunt.

Ichabod Crane
Ichabod Crane, the protagonist, is a stern school-teacher and singing instructor who has come to Sleepy Hollow, New York, from Connecticut. He is lanky and sharp-featured, awkward and somewhat clumsy, but more educated and sophisticated than the native villagers. He is quite fond of food, and is well fed by the neighboring housewives, who share his delight in telling and retelling ghost stories. When he sets his sights on marrying Katrina Van Tassel, it is not because of any feeling he has for her, but...