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- 1. a town in southeastern New York, east of the Hudson River and north of Tarrytown. It is associated with the writings of Washington Irving.
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" The Legend of Sleepy Hollow " is an 1820 short story by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories titled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Irving wrote the story while living in Birmingham, England.
The transcript tells the story of a young man named Ichabod Crane, who was the schoolteacher in a place called Sleepy Hollow thirty years earlier, around the year 1790. Sleepy Hollow is part of the larger farming community of Tarry Town.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. (Found Among the Papers of the Late Diedrich Knickerbocker.) A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky. —CASTLE OF INDOLENCE.
Oct 10, 2019 · Washington Irving's 1820 tale of a headless horseman who terrorizes the real-life village of Sleepy Hollow is considered one of America's first ghost stories—and one of its scariest. But Irving...
4 days ago · The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, short story by Washington Irving, first published in The Sketch Book in 1819–20. “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” have been called the first American short stories.
May 1, 2021 · ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’: plot summary. In the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town in New York State there is a secluded grove known as Sleepy Hollow. Rumours say that Sleepy Hollow is haunted.
Nov 21, 2023 · "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is about Ichabod Crane, a highly superstitous man who moves to the titular town of Sleepy Hollow. he wants to marry Katrina Van Tassel but is competing with...
