The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Book & CD Paperback – Picture Book, July 2, 2019

A short, true to its name, legendary, and horrifying story. Well written with descriptions that take you vividly to the every scene and event.Amir GendyAuthor and Surgeon

Although I adore Tim Burton's universe I think I liked more this story in its original shape. The language is not that antiquated and I like how most of the story, most of the psychology of the characters, is hinted and not explicitly said. I like so much how Sleepy Hollow seems to be frozen in a very old time (old even for their contemporaries) as under a spell, that reality seems so skewed that the Headless Horseman is almost just another mundane addition to an anomalous place. But human nature is stronger than any fantasy and here what the story presents is rather the efforts of an outsider, Ichabod Crane, to use his charm to ascend socially. Either you follow fantasy, horror or a realistic chronicle I think this story will be a very enjoyable reading for you.The price for the ABCD Classics edition is 99 cents, usually in other editions it's 2.99 dollars; I think 99 cents for a public domain story that you can read in what a few songs last is fair. There is no X-Ray and the design it is not that modern or clean but I didn't found errors so I think it is a fair price and a good edition.

Born and raised in NY about an hour from Sleepy Hollow .. grandmother from Tarrytown.Of course I’ve heard about the Headless Horsemen, seen movies etc .. but I didn’t know of all of this ! Very interesting short story. Will read every October for Spooky Season.

I read this book because 1) it's a classic and 2) Halloween is coming up! I actually got this book confused with Rip Van Winkle and kept waiting for Ichabod Crane to fall asleep for hundreds of years. So it wasn't quite what I was expecting but it was still enjoyable.It can definitely put you in the mood for Halloween because the writing is great and all the descriptions of the woods and Sleepy Hollow, not to mention the Headless Horseman, were very vivid. Plus, if you're not familiar with all the details of the original story, you can discover them for yourself.I did find the writing to be a little overly descriptive at times and focused on details which I didn't think were that important. But this book is so short and such a quick read that, if you don't like a portion, just keep reading and in a minute you'll be on to something better.So I did enjoy this book and I'm glad I finally got to read it and find out more about the story. I'm already a bit familiar with Rip Van Winkle but I'll be reading that for the first time as well in a few days.

This is always a good read. It is short and sweet! Everyone should read it as part of a well founded education.

After hearing a discussion of Washington Irving's classic on the Diane Rehm Show earlier this week, I decided to re-read it in honor of Halloween. After all, it is relatively short and wouldn't require a commitment of an excessive amount of time, so it was something I could easily accomplish before the spooks and goblins descended on Halloween night.It had been many long years since I first became acquainted with the story of Ichabod Crane and his encounter with the Headless Horseman. It was in elementary school, which, I suppose, is where many people meet him. (I don't know - do they still teach Irving in elementary school? For that matter, do they still teach literature in elementary school?) I remember being fascinated by the story then, especially by the wonderful language of Irving. On re-reading it, I found that it holds up quite well. It is still a great tale.The story itself has now been retold so often and in so many ways - through movies, television, plays, music, even opera - that it is thoroughly ingrained in the cultural memory. Even those who have never read the story know it.Irving wrote of Ichabod Crane, the lanky and lean and excessively superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut who had come to the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town in New York to teach. Specifically, he lived and taught in the secluded glen which had earned the name Sleepy Hollow because of the "listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants...A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere."Dreamy the place may have been but it was also renowned for its ghosts and the many superstitions of hauntings that pervaded the imagination of the residents. And it was to this hotbed of belief in supernatural beings and events that the very jittery Ichabod had come.Ichabod became obsessed with the idea of wooing and winning the hand of Katrina, the 18-year-old daughter of a local wealthy farmer. But he had a rival for Katrina's affections in Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, a local hero and merry prankster.One night Ichabod attends a party at Katrina's family's home and, as he leaves, he engages Katrina in conversation but she rejects him. Morose and dejected, he sets out on the trail to the home where he is presently being quartered, but, on the way, he encounters many terrors and, finally, the ultimate terror - the Headless Horseman himself.Ichabod presses the broken down plow horse on which he is riding into a reckless ride for his life but the Headless Horseman keeps pace with him until they finally come to a bridge next to the Old Dutch Burying Ground where the Horseman supposedly would vanish according to the tales that were told. But to Ichabod's horror, the ghostly apparition clambers up the bridge and rears his horse and hurls his severed head at the terrified pedagogue.The next morning, Ichabod has disappeared. His horse is found near his owner's gate. The saddle is found trampled. And near the bridge where Ichabod and the ghost were last seen lies a shattered pumpkin.Brom Bones, who "looks exceedingly knowing whenever the story of Ichabod was related," later married Katrina and, in a post note, we learn that Ichabod has turned up in another community where he studed law and become a lawyer.The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was one of the earliest American tales to gain enduring popularity. It follows a tradition of folk tales involving supernatural wild chases, a tradition which includes such well-known classics as Robert Burns' Tam o' Shanter. Irving's tale is a worthy member of that club.

This was a nice short read. I had never actually read it but am quite familiar with the tale like most of us are. I wanted to see if there was anything more to the tale than I was aware of and it seems to be that there were some details that I may have missed in the screen adaptations versus the book. Overall it was pretty close story telling between both screen and page.

I found the writing skills better than reportedly. Word choices & descriptions of high end quality - very refreshing! The introduction was a description of the land & culture of time past; to which, you might get an understanding at a living museum, but not by a mere gossip session. The body of works provides the reader with character substance, motivations, developing intrigue and conflicts. A set up for later. The conclusion, a well written build up of illusions, superstitions, & spectral anticipations that pull the reader deeper into Ichabod Crane's tensions that turn into desperation and despair! The epilogue, returns the reader to an "... all is right with the world, ..." kind of day. A relief to the story's tensions and mayhem. The original book is better than the movies! I am glad I took the time to read the original version! Enjoy!

At times, I had read sections again, but the novel held my interest. It was a short but enjoyable novel for October.

El libro vale la pena, ya que la impresión es adecuada y por lo mismo es fácil de leer para los niños

Mi è piaciuta molto la Dark Story e l’ambientazione. Lo consiglio a chi è appassionato della letteratura gotica.

Many people seem to complain that the novel is not similar to the movie, which is a rather "creative" adaption of the story. The original tale of sleepy hollow however is a fascinating little ghost story set in the Hudson river area in the New York state and in my opinion much more interesting than the movie with Johnny Depp. The book itself is well made and I like the print.

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