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The actual "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is only 24 pages long After hearing a discussion of Washington Irving's classic on the Diane Rehm Show earlier this week, I decided to re-read it in honor of Halloween.

The actual "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is only 24 pages long. The tale itself is very interesting and the descriptions are so delightful to read. Those are 24 pages very easy to enjoy and as I read the story I kept running images of the Disney cartoon version of sleepy hollow in my mind. However, the font is a little small for my taste. After hearing a discussion of Washington Irving's classic on the Diane Rehm Show earlier this week, I decided to re-read it in honor of Halloween. After all, it is relatively short and wouldn't require a commitment of an excessive amount of time, so it was something I could easily accomplish before the spooks and goblins descended on Halloween night.

Classic book is always a great read. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories: Or, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Modern Library Classics).

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a gothic story by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, England, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was first published in 1820.

MACMILLAN GUIDED READERS ELEMENTARY LEVEL WASHINGTON IRVING The Legends of Sleepy Hollow .

MACMILLAN GUIDED READERS ELEMENTARY LEVEL WASHINGTON IRVING The Legends of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle Retold by Anne Collins MACMILLAN CLASSICS Contents A Note About the Author A Note About These Stories 4 5 THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Ghost of the Soldier The Schoolmaster Ichabod and Katrina Brom Bones The Party A Terrible

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Rip Van Winkle lives in a village at the foot of the Catskill Mountains.

txt 23 Кб. CHAPTER ONE. The Van Winkle Family. The Catskill Mountains are west of the Hudson River in the British colony of New York. The colors of these beautiful mountains change with the seasons. There are many legends and stories about them. Rip Van Winkle lives in a village at the foot of the Catskill Mountains. The village is of Dutch origin. Rip lives in an old, ugly house.

Once again in these pages, Ichabod Crane, the hapless schoolmaster of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, faces the terror of the Headless Horseman; and the henpecked husband of Rip van Winkle rises from a 20-year sleep to find a world vastly changed. Children and adults alike will enjoy the humor and suspense of these two beloved classics of American literature. This book has two stories in one: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. Washington Irving, one of the first Americans to achieve international recognition as an author, was born in New York City in 1783.