The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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Summary: My All-Time Favorite Story-A Timeless American Classic
Review: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle" brings together these two classic stories by Washington Irving. The text of this Dover Children's Thrift Classic is accompanied by the whimsical illustrations of Thea Kliros. Both tales are set in the Dutch-American communities of rural New York State.

"Legend" tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a schoolteacher who lives in an area purportedly haunted by a terrifying spectre: a headless horseman. "Rip" tells the story of a farmer who has a remarkable paranormal experience while wandering in the mountains.

Each story explores the intersection of the supernatural with everyday life. The stories are full of vividly drawn characters and are rich with the local color of rural Dutch American communities. Issues such as folk beliefs, geography, history and oral tradition are well handled by Irving.

Irving's playful, earthy prose style is a delight to read. Passages such as a description of a Dutch-American feast are memorable. Funny, ironic, and poignant, these tales are true classics by one of the most enduring figures in American literature.

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Summary: My All-Time Favorite Story-A Timeless American Classic
Review: "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving is my all-time favorite story! Set in upstate New York in the late 1700's, schoolmaster Ichabod Crane arrives in the quiet village of Sleepy Hollow to teach the area's children, but is soon enthralled by the many local haunts, sightings and superstitions...and by Katrina Van Tassel, daughter of the richest farmer in the land and romantic interest of local rival Brom Bones. After attending an autumn celebration at the Van Tassel's luxurious mansion, Ichabod Crane rides home through the gloom of night and encounters the most famous ghost in the area...the Headless Horseman...and is never seen or heard from again.
"The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow" has enchanted readers for nearly two centuries, and will no doubt continue to provide great reading for centuries to come. The timeless image of Ichabod Crane being chased by the Headless Horseman and Irving's incredible writing style have made this tale one of the greats of American literature.

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Summary: excellent story
Review: Actually, I personlly think the story is not as attracting as I have imagined before reading. But what kept me continuing reading from the cover to the end? Curosity! The vivid and animated description often made me laugh, and I seemed to see the scene that is just before my eyes!The author`s precise and elaborate description and his master composing technic is what we can learn from. Though the story is told in the third person, but as if we are told by an intimate friend. I love this story, and also the charming place!

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Summary: San Souci version for children
Review: I don't know why amazon lumps every version of this story together. The original is great (if you've seen the "Sleepy Hollow" movie, forget what you know and read the story). But I'm writing to review San Souci's version, which is a rewrite for kids. This is a great idea. I wanted to introduce my 6-year-old to this story, but Washington Irving is just too rich (dense) for kids that age. Fortunately, San Souci has pared down the prose, while leaving nothing of consequence out. His version is very true to the original (I'm fanatical about this, and would tell you if it wasn't). The illustrations are wonderful and not too scary for kids (I don't, though, read this at bedtime, just in case they don't believe me when I tell them it was really just Brom Bones with a pumpkin, which is also pretty apparent from the illustrations). But don't take my word for it. You can find the text on the web (search: San Souci Sleepy Hollow). But come back and buy the book to get all of the pictures

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Summary: Americana in Print
Review: These two timeless classics are presented in a very attractive package. The print is large. A few sketches accent the narratives, and obviously the writing is first-rate. Older children will likely enjoy these tales, and any adult who is familiar with both stories, but never actually read them should pick up a copy in the very near future.

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Summary: Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Super Adventures of Wishbone)
Review: This book is scary, classical, fun, and one of the best books. It's anything you would want. This book is the best!!!

Joe, Wishbone, Samantha, and David go on a scavenger hunt to win a $100 gift certificate for Oakdale sports and games.

This reminds Wishbone of the Classic tale, The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by: Washington Irving. Then Wishbone imagines himself as Ichabod Crane, a superstitious person in the story.

Characters:

Joe Talbot
David Barnes
Samantha Kepler
Wanda Gilmore
Ellen Talbot
The Owner Of Oakdale sports and games.
Damont Jones
Jimmy
Marcus Finch
Milena


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Summary: excellent story
Review: this story is very exciting.I'm glad that Crane disappeared at the end,whatever his destiny is.The Sleepy Hollow is so secluded and beautiful that we don't allow anyone to spoil the beauty there.I view Crane as an intruder of the Tarry town.People there take story-telling,especially the horrable storys, as a pastime.This brings then some excitment.I myself brought up in the rural area, I can understand this.

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Summary: A Good Escape From Reality
Review: Washington Irving creates a whimsical, dreamy setting in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" that sends a reader into the same reverie in which his characters live. With rich and romantic language, a story of love, mystery, wonder is painted in the mind of the reader. The story is unpredictable and imaginative with a pleasant plot and a shocking ending. Irving adds many historical references to his legend which creates a heightened interest for the reader. Ichabod Crane is a creatively crafted main character. He is the one character that is made very familiar throughout the story. If the story has a flaw, it is the lack of dialouge amongst the characters(most likely because it is told as a legend by a narrator) that prevents the reader from feeling as though he is a part of the story's happenings and rather that he is looking upon them from above.

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Summary: Classic, but...
Review: While The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a timeless tale that has endured the ages and countless retellings from Disney to Tim Burton, the original work contains a rather large error in tone - a blatant one. The story is told in third person as though it's a journal - the sketch book of Diedrich Knickerbocker, in fact. This is fine, except for the climax scene in which Ichabod journeys home through the hollow from Van Tassel's house, and is confronted by the Headless Horseman. This scene is written with all the detailed minutia that characterizes Irving's style, but the obvious problem is that, of course, nobody was there to witness what happened to Ichabod Crane while he was alone in the wilderness, so therefore it could not possibly be communicated by means of somebody's journal - this person would never have known what actually happened in the Hollow since nobody was there to witness it, and apparently Ichabod never survived or stuck around to tell anyone. Irving never deals with this obvious problem in the text (a simple "This is what we think happened..." would've sufficed). The story probably would've worked much better with a traditional "God-perspective" narrator rather than a fictional character's journal. It is nonetheless, a classic work of American literature and should be read by everyone.

This is a fine edition and also includes Rip Van Winkle, another story of paranormal experience and also of the Knickerbocker sketch book. It's a similar tone to Sleepy Hollow, but the characters aren't as memorable.