(P/B) THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW AND OTHER STORIES

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The legendary story of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow and the gruesome fate of Ichabod Crane still fills us with fear ...
In the aptly-named village of Sleepy Hollow, the people are much given to talk about ghosts and spirits. Even the very air seems haunted. Ichabod Crane is a teacher at the village school: learned, assertive and sometimes cruel.
Crane wishes to marry Katrina, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy farmer, but he has a rival: Brom Bones, a valiant horseman and a local hero. One night at a party held by Katrina's family, Bones tells a story that chills the hearts of his listeners: the story of a ghostly headless horseman. That is the last night that anyone ever lays eyes on Ichabod Crane... (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

Introduction
A Note on the Text
Preface to the Revised Edition (1848)
The Author's Account of Himself
The Voyage
Roscoe
The Wife
Rip Van Winkle
English Writers on America
Rural Life in England
The Broken Heart
The Art of Book Making
A Royal Poet
The Country Church
The Widow and Her Son
A Sunday in London
The Boar's Head Tavern, East Cheap
The Mutability of Literature
Rural Funerals
The Inn Kitchen
The Spectre Bridegroom
Westminster Abbey
Christmas
The Stage Coach
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
The Christmas Dinner
London Antiques
Little Britain
Stratford-on-Avon
Traits of Indian Character
Philip of Pokanoket
John Bull
The Pride of the Village
The Angler
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
L'Envoy
Appendix A: "Prospectus" to the First American Edition
Appendix B: "Advertisement" to the First British Edition
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading