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Set in the small secluded valley of sleepy hollow, irving s short. The solitude of the woods was breathtaking, and not even a schoolmaster was immune from the eerie miasma which everyone knew permeated the dense forest. In the secluded dutch territory of sleepy hollow, nebbish schoolmaster ichabod crane competes with the town hero for the hand of katrina van tassel. The legend of sleepy hollow washington irving macmillan. The legend of sleepy hollow by washington irving full audiobook the legend of sleepy hollow is a short story by washington irving contained in his collection the sketch book of geoffrey. This treasure trove of an anthology, an abridgment of the 1888 original, collects seven of twains own pieces, in addition to tall tales, fables, and satires by fourteen of twains contemporaries, including artemus ward, harriet beecher stowe, oliver wendell holmes, and william dean howells.
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Ivring was a writer who wanted to bring folklore and fairy tales to the real world. Tom mison, star of the hit fox series sleepy hollow, narrates the classic washington irving short story in the secluded dutch territory of sleepy hollow, nebbish schoolmaster ichabod crane competes with the town hero for the hand of katrina van tassel, the 18yearold daughter and sole child of a wealthy farmer. First published in the sketch book in 181920, the legend of sleepy hollow tells the story of schoolmaster ichabod crane, who comes to live in sleepy hollow, a dutch settlement near the hudson river. Washington irving was an american author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century.
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