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Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories | Washington Irving
9 posts | 8 read | 1 reading | 5 to read
There is a sequestered glen off the east coast of the Hudson, New York state, which has long continued under the sway of some witching power; the neighbourhood abounds with tales, haunted spots and twilight superstitions. But as hapless schoolmaster Ichabod Crane will discover, the wildest of all stories in this region of shadows relate to one particularly dreadful spectre - the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow. Washington Irving's comic horror story is the best known of this collection of stories, observations and sketches written on his travels around Britain and America in the eighteenth century. Also includes 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'Little Britain'.
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jen_hayes7
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Perfect way to end a very long day. #lennox #huey #catsoflitsy

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WellreadLady
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I have been wanting a copy of Sleepy Hollow for a while. I still picture Johnny Depp as Ichabod.

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Same LOL - that's such a good movie.... 6y
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enoyus
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Mehso-so

I liked that Sleepy Hollow is left open ended. It adds more to the mystery of the headless horseman.

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TommieMarie74
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I really wanted to like this book and I admit that there were a couple of stories I enjoyed. Overall, however, this book was not enjoyable for me. It was the LONGEST 120 pages of my life. For some reason, I expected much more from the title story, given its infamy, but I found it disappointing.

erika.books I remember reading Sleep Hollow and liking it, but that was probably because I had my teacher to help me understand all of it!! Lol! Old books like that are hard for me to read sometimes, so I understand 7y
TommieMarie74 @erika.books Some of the classics are harder to read due to the language of the time. For these, they just felt very anticlimactic for me. Like, the stories never really went anywhere. Plus, I think I expected Sleepy Hollow to be, I don‘t know, scarier or more sinister, maybe. So I was disappointed. I did like the Spectre Bridegroom and the Devil and Tom Walker. 7y
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abbsinwonderland
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"Then, as he wended his way, by swamp and stream and awful woodland, to the farmhouse where he happened to be quartered, every sound of nature, at that witching hour, fluttered his excited imagination."

Sungirl79 Great photo!!! 7y
CaitZ I just requested this from my library. I haven't read it in years. 7y
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abbsinwonderland
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✨A short, but wholesome, start to my Spooky October stack. 😈
✨I don't have many to choose from, so I'm going to make the most of what I got and besides, they're all mostly classics and you can't go wrong with spooky classics. 👻📚
✨Also, hate to admit it, but I've never fully read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. 🙈

Jas16 I‘ve never read it either 7y
Captivatedbybooks The legend of sleepy hollow is one of my favs 7y
abbsinwonderland @Jas16 I'm glad I'm not the only one. 🙈 @Captivatedbybooks I think it may become one of mine, also! 💜 7y
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SassenachTheBookWizard
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I'm rather embarrassed to say that I've never read anything by Washington Irvine (or most classic authors) despite most of it being available for free under public domain so this is rather fitting for the season and it's a little nugget size so I'm gonna give it a try...and it works with my boo!Kish bingo needs for the Life & Lit challenge

booklvr39 I've never read him either. 7y
KathyWheeler I‘ve read several and liked them all. My favorite is The Adventure of The German Student. (edited) 7y
TEArificbooks I read Sleepy Hollow a few years ago for Halloween and loved it and love that cover 7y
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abbsinwonderland
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✨I wanted to just read spooky, mystery, ghostish book for the month of Halloween.. until I realized my supply of said books is limited.👻
✨Hopefully these will tide me over and next year I'll just have to better prepare and stop buying anything and everything Alice. 🙈

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