The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow And Other Ghostly Tales by Washington Irving
A vivid collection of short tales that mix gentle satire with supernatural chill, set in rustic early American communities where folklore and rumor shape daily life; the best-known story follows the lanky schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and his eerie encounter with a phantom rider, while other pieces—about a man who sleeps through decades and about haunted houses and strange legacies—probe nostalgia, superstition, and the uneasy meeting of old-world legend and a young nation’s changing identity.
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- Published
- 1820
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- American
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- Original Language
- English
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