The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Other Stories by Washington Irving was first published in 1819 or 1820. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Other Stories includes the most famous of Washington Irving's works: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle and Christmas Day.The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is the story of Ichabod Crane, a schoolmaster from Connecticut who has moved to the New York countryside settlement of Tarry Town whose secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow is haunted by an infamous spectre, the Headless Horseman. Rip Van Winkle tells the tale of a Dutch-American villager living during the time of the American Revolution. He mysteriously falls asleep in New York's Catskill Mountains only to discover when he awakes that many years have passed and much has changed. Christmas Day is a tale of the quaint and old English traditions of celebrating Christmas.