The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Irving, Washington (1783–1859).
Catalogue synopsis
Project Gutenberg supplies this automated synopsis of the opening text:
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving is a short story written in 1820. Set in 1790 in a secluded glen near Tarrytown, it follows Ichabod Crane, a superstitious schoolmaster who competes with local rowdy Brom Bones for the affections of wealthy Katrina Van Tassel. After a harvest party filled with ghost stories about a Headless Horseman, Ichabod encounters a terrifying cloaked rider on his journey home. The next morning, he has vanished, leaving only mysterious clues behind.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Author credits: Irving, Washington (1783–1859)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Ghosts -- Fiction
- New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Category: American Literature
- Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore
- Category: Short Stories
- Children's Literature
- Harvard Classics
Read this edition
View the complete Gutenberg catalogue record. Project Gutenberg identifies this edition as public domain in the United States; that designation does not establish its copyright status in every country.
Source notes
Catalogue metadata is public domain and is supplied through Gutendex, which imports Gutenberg's machine-readable catalogue. The automated synopsis is source-supplied, not an independently verified review. Author dates above describe the credited people; no ebook release date is presented as the book's original publication date.
Sources
More in Books & Authors
Keep reading