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When Washington Irving first published this collection of essays, sketches, and tales--originally entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.--readers greeted it with enthusiasm, and Irving emerged as America's first successful professional author.
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle," two of America's most recognizable and loved works of fiction, display Irving's ability to depict American landscapes and culture so vividly that readers feel themselves a part of them. And it is on the basis of these two classic tales that Irving is generally credited with inventing the short story as a distinct literary genre. This volume also contains gently ironic pieces about life in England that reflect the author's interest in the traditions of the Old World and his longings for his home in the New.
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The Legend of Sleep Hollow is a story written by Washington Irving, originally published in 1820. Set in the Duth settlement of Tarry Town, New York in a secluded part of town called Sleep Holow. Ichabod Crane, a schoolmaster, competes for the hand if eighteen year old Katrina Van Tassel, only to find himself hunted by the Headless Horseman. The Legend of Sleep Hollow is one of the earliest American fiction writings to still be actively read today, and it is widely used in schools both public and private.
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Are all the lights on?Is there a parent in the house?
Are the windows shut and locked? Double-check!
They HAVE to be if you are going to read this book, which is undoubtedly the scariest rendition of one of the greatest ghost stories ever told: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
While you may have heard of Ichabod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, and the Headless Horseman, you've never SEEN them quite like this -- through the macabre imagination of the inimitable Gris Grimly.
So, take a deep breath and take a long look. And you may want to bring a flashlight to bed with you tonight....
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The chief part of the stories, however, turned upon the favorite specter of Sleepy Hollow, the Headless Horseman, who had been heard several times of late, patrolling the country; and, it was said, tethered his horse nightly among the graves in the churchyard. The story was immediately matched by a thrice marvelous adventure of Brom Bones, who made light of the Galloping Hessian as an arrant jockey. He affirmed that on returning one night from the neighboring village of Sing Sing, he had been overtaken by this midnight trooper; that he had offered to race with him for a bowl of punch, and should have won it too, for Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but just as they came to the church bridge, the Hessian bolted, and vanished in a flash of fire. All these tales, told in that drowsy undertone with which men talk in the dark, the countenances of the listeners only now and then receiving a casual gleam from the glare of a pipe, sank deep in the mind of Ichabod. . . .
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What makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up? Is it something sinister-a secret sense warning you that something is wrong, that someone, some thing you can't see, is in the room with you? Is it real? Should you run? Fight? Scream? Find the answers within the musty, dark recesses of these stories. Through the haunted imaginations of Edgar Allan Poe, Jack London, Ambrose Bierce, and nine other great authors, we are transported to places our own imaginations hesitate to take us, and we bear witness to unthinkable events. These stories endure, not merely because of what they are about, but how they are told-and when told by master storytellers, these startling tales send chills up and down our spines. Open the book, if you dare, and enter another world-you'll find that it's worth the risk. This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classic includes a glossary and notes to help the modern reader appreciate details that may otherwise be confusing or overlooked.
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The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted
region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of
the air, is the apparition of a figure on horseback, without a
head. It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper,
whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball, in some
nameless battle during the Revolutionary War, and who is ever and
anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of
night, as if on the wings of the wind. His haunts are not
confined to the valley, but extend at times to the adjacent
roads, and especially to the vicinity of a church at no great
distance. Indeed, certain of the most authentic historians of
those parts, who have been careful in collecting and collating
the floating facts concerning this spectre, allege that the body
of the trooper having been buried in the churchyard, the ghost
rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head,
and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along
the Hollow, like a midnight blast, is owing to his being belated,
and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak.
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Was there really a Headless Horseman? This dramatic story will draw you into the life of Ichabod Crane as you ponder the question. The Washington Irving classic has been rewritten as an "edge of your seat" audio production with updated language for today’s audience. A thrilling story any time of the year.
Not intended for the faint of heart.
Ages 7-13 years
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Ghosts and goblins abound in Sleepy Hollow. The haunting tales of the Headless Horseman entranced Ichabod Crane. During the day, he found the stories exciting. But at night he was afraid. His fear reached new heights the night he was chased by the mysterious ghost! The terrifying ride is brought to life in this striking graphic novel adaptation.
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The short story is set circa 1790 in the Dutch settlement of Tarrytown, New York, in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow. It tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a priggish schoolmaster from Connecticut, who competes with Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, the town rowdy, for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, daughter of a wealthy farmer. As Crane leaves a party at the Van Tassel home on an autumn night, he is pursued by the Headless Horseman, supposedly the ghost of a Hessian trooper who lost his head during "some nameless battle" of the American Revolutionary War and who "rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head." Crane disappears from town, leaving Katrina to marry Brom Bones, who was "to look exceedingly knowing whenever the story of Ichabod was related."
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Magnum Easy Eye - Larger Type for Easy Reading. Contents include: The Author's Account of Himself, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, The Specter Bridegroom, The Broken Heart, The Wife, The Voyage, Traits of Indian Character, THe Pride of the Village, The Angler, The Adventure of the German Student, The Devil and Tom Walker, The Adventure of the Mason, The Governor and the Notary, The Grand Prarie-A Buffalo Hunt, The Field of Waterloo, The Crole Village, The Chronicles of the Reign of William the Testy, and The Legend of Dun Munio De Hinojosa.
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This Elibron Classics book is a reprint of a 1895 edition by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh.
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Readers in the 19th Century were firm believers in supernatural phenomena. As a result, numerous writers exploited this market with ghost stories. Many famous literary authors, names well-known today, and others, turned their hand to this genre and created stories that fascinate... and chill. The Ghost Masters series strives to bring these famous authors, and their stories to the modern reader. This volume includes stories from Washington Irving (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Stories by a Nervous Gentleman, and The Money Diggers), Charles Dickens (The Signal-man, The Haunted House, The Trial for Murder), Elia Peattie (The Shape of Fear and Other Ghostly Tales — a collection of thirteen stories), and Algernon Blackwood (The Empty House — a collection of ten stories). If you’re a connoisseur of ghost stories, then you must add these stories to your collection.
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Six terrifing tales to frighten and amuse you! Over sixty minutes of spine chilling stories. Feature an enactment of "The Headless Horseman", along with "Halloween Nightmare", "Haunted House Horror", "Witches' Coven", "A Visit to the Torture Chamber" and "Witches' Rap".
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First published in 1819, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is the classic ghost story by Washington Irving that tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a tense schoolmaster who has the misfortune of meeting the infamous Headless Horseman in the Old Dutch Burying Ground in Sleepy Hollow. For the complete works of Washington Irving, click here.
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"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a classic horror story by Washington Irving.
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