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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

by Washington Irving

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is important because it helped introduce American literature to the world, it is one of America's first ghost stories, and it explores the perennial theme of city versus...

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