The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

by Washington Irving
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 16/09/2019

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"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a gothic 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, especially during Halloween because of a character known as the Headless Horseman believed to be a Hessian soldier who was decapitated by a cannonball in battle.

ISBN:
1230003418253
1230003418253
Category:
Classic fiction
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
16-09-2019
Language:
English
Publisher:
Classic Books
Washington Irving

Washington Irving was born in 1783 in New York City. In addition to writing fiction, Irving studied law, worked for his family's business in England and wrote essays for periodicals.

Some of his most famous tales, including Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, were first published under the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon.

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