Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Tales: And Other Tales (Modern Library) |
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Washington Irving
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Pages: 384 (Paperback)
ISBN: 037575721X
Pub: Random House USA Inc
Pub date: 2001-08-01
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 301726
Reader Reviews:
Not what I expected. (11/12 people found this helpful)
In rural America of the early nineteenth Century, by the Hudson River, lies the small village of Sleepy Hollow. The only recently arrived scholl teacher, the tall and lean Ichabod Crane, likes to spend his evenings by the fire with the old Dutch wives, listening to local horror stories of ghouls and goblins and haunted houses, among which that of the headless horseman, until one night after leaving the ball, he is chased by the legendary Galloping Hessian.
I read this story because I love the film, and was surprised to see how few pages, less than ten out of fifty, were actually devoted to the mystery of the headless horseman itself. Although very well written, with descriptions that are stunningly real, the book left me hungry for more.
Set in the time of the Declaration of Independance of the United States, Rip van Winkle is the story of a man who, upon walking in the mountains with his dog, stumbles upon a strange man with a keg of liquor, and a small company of odd-looking folk playing a bowling game. When he wakes up the next morning, everything he used to know has changed...
It was ok, but... (8/9 people found this helpful)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle are my favourite parts of this book. However, if you are buying this book on the strength of the movie Sleepy Hollow, the actual telling is very different. A good read.
See the Film, Read The Book (6/9 people found this helpful)
What can you say! The film is great the book is even better. GET IT
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