The "Legend" relates the tale of Ichabod Crane, a lean, lanky and extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, who competes with Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, the town rowdy, for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and sole child of a wealthy farmer, Baltus Van Tassel. Crane, a Yankee and an outsider, sees marriage to Katrina as a means of procuring Van Tassel's extravagant wealth. Bones, the local hero, vies with Ichabod for Katrina's hand, playing a series of pranks on the jittery schoolmaster, and the fate of Sleepy Hollow's fortune weighs in the balance...
The "Legend" relates the tale of Ichabod Crane, a lean, lanky and extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, who competes with Abraham "Br...
Washington Irving (best known for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow) was one of the first American writers to gain notoriety throughout Europe. In this story, Irving describes his experiences visiting Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey in the United Kingdom. He even talks with Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott.
Washington Irving (best known for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow) was one of the first American writers to gain notoriety throughout Europe. In this stor...
La historia toma lugar en 1784, en los alrededores del asentamiento holandes de Tarry Town (Nueva York), en un apartado valle llamado Sleepy Hollow. El lugar es conocido por sus fantasmas y el ambiente embrujado que impregna la imaginacion de sus habitantes y visitantes. El espectro mas infame del lugar es el Jinete sin Cabeza, de quien se dice que es el fantasma de un antiguo soldado que fue alcanzado en la cabeza por una bala de canon durante "alguna batalla sin nombre" de la Guerra Revolucionaria de EEUU y quien "cabalga hacia la escena de la batalla en una nocturna busqueda de su cabeza."...
La historia toma lugar en 1784, en los alrededores del asentamiento holandes de Tarry Town (Nueva York), en un apartado valle llamado Sleepy Hollow. E...
