The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving (1783-1859)
Washington Irving's 1820 classic, the first great American short story. In the drowsy Hudson Valley village of Sleepy Hollow, the superstitious schoolmaster Ichabod Crane courts the lovely Katrina Van Tassel — and competes for her with the local braggart Brom Bones. One dark autumn night, walking home from a ghost story party, Ichabod meets a headless horseman carrying his own head on the saddle. Whether ghost, hoax or runaway schoolmaster, the tale has haunted the American imagination ever since.
Text sourced from Project Gutenberg (public domain in the United States); the Project Gutenberg trademark and license text have been removed on import. Public-domain status determined by the author's death year + 50 years rule.
Table of Contents
- 001 FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER. 2635 words
- 002 Another of his sources of fearful pleasure was to pass long winter… 2589 words
- 003 I profess not to know how women’s hearts are wooed and won. 2509 words
- 004 Ichabod prided himself upon his dancing as much as upon his vocal powers. 2537 words
- 005 Ichabod, who had no relish for this strange midnight companion, and… 1936 words