Books with title Legend of Sleepy Hollow

It takes more than a lurid legend to scare off the League of Literary Ladies in the third novel in this charming cozy mystery series... For Halloween, the Literary Ladies have chosen to read Washington Irving’s spooky classic, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, with its infamous headless horseman. But South Bass Island has its own headless legend—of a Prohibition bootlegger named Charlie “Sleepy” Harlow. Decapitated by rival rumrunners, Harlow appears once a year in spectral form to search for his noggin. This October, the Elkhart Ghost Getters (EGG) have returned to the island. The group claims that they have film footage of Harlow’s ghost, and are determined to get more. They’re staying at Bea Cartwright’s B & B, but it’s Kate Wilder who isn’t happy to see them after they trashed her winery last year. When the EGG leader turns up dead, Kate becomes the prime suspect, and the other League members need to scramble to crack the case.

Ichabod Crane is the teacher in a little village called Sleepy Hollow. Everyone in Sleepy Hollow believes in ghosts and ghouls and loves to tell spooky stories, their favourite being the legend of the headless horseman. However, things become a little too real for Ichabod when that very ghost appears one night and chases him. Why is the horseman after Ichabod and will he escape? Carefully retold in clear contemporary language, and presented with stunning illustrations, these favourite horror classics will capture the hearts and imagination of young readers.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving, a classic of American literature, unabridged with notes, Irving's biography and fully illustrated.Where the majestic Hudson expands into the broad reaches of the Tappan Zee, Sleepy Hollow nestles between lofty hills that slope from the margin of the river; and the children of the country side shiver with dread at the oft-told tale of a headless horseman — a Hessian mercenary justly beheaded by a patriot cannon-ball — who rides at night to fright belated wayfarers. Katrina Van Tassel is the village belle, winsome, coquettish and mischievous; Ichabod Crane is the loutish school-master, awkward, ungainly, and ill-favored; and Brom Van Brunt is the shrewd, rollicking, devil-may-care suitor of the charming Katrina. Ichabod casts sheep's eyes at the coquette, is intoxicated by her demure encouragement, and aspires to become the rival of Brom Van Brunt, otherwise Brom “Bones.” After a festive evening at the Van Tassel farmhouse, as the schoolmaster jogs slowly homeward through the night, he is terrified by the apparition of the Headless Horseman, who bears his head before him on the saddle-bow. He seeks safety in flight, putting his horse to its utmost speed; but the specter hurls after him the horrible head, he is felled to the ground, and for reasons which appear in the story he vanishes to escape the ridicule which he foresees.

Unabridged version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, offered here for chump change. The most famous of Irving’s short stories, it has captivated readers for almost 200 years.A glimpse into early American life, it tells the tale when the dark was something to be afraid of.The full story is included here in this slim volume, provided at an affordable price.

American author, Washington Irving, wrote his now famous short story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", while he was living abroad, as part of a collection of essays entitled "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent." The story is set in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow, in Tarrytown, New York, an area well known for its tales of hauntings and ghosts, spawning numerous theories among the local inhabitants. It is one of the finest examples of early American fiction and has remained enormously popular for nearly two centuries, inspiring an endless list of film, radio and theatrical productions.

With A to Z Classics, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature.Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) and ​in the end of book include a bonus link to the free audiobook."The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short 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. Along with Irving's companion piece "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a short story where myth and mystery are central topics.Published in 1820 and set at the end of Eighteenth Century in the United States, the novel is dominated by the spectral and disquieting figure of Headless Horseman, the ghost of a man who lost his head during some battle of the American Revolutionary War and who rides in the middle of the night in desperate search of it. Numerous are the film adaptations of the story like, for example, the particularly dark one by Tim Burton (1999).Washington Irving was born in New York on April 3rd 1783, just after the American Revolution, so that his name is an homage to George Washington. In addition to fantasy novels (like Rip van Winkle), his name is liked to other stories as the Tales of a Traveller (1824) and to some theatrical works. The merit of Washington Irving is to have legitimized American literature, yet achieving success also in Europe. He died in New York on November 28th 1859.