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The narrative takes place in a drowsy Dutch valley where a lanky, superstitious schoolmaster courts a farmer's daughter while lodging with local families. His mixture of credulity and ambition brings him into comic rivalry with a boastful local suitor. Local supernatural lore centers on a headless rider said to haunt the roads, and after an evening at a harvest party the schoolmaster rides home through a stormy night. Pursued by the spectral horseman, he vanishes mysteriously near the churchyard, leaving behind ambiguous traces and a community divided between rational explanation and lingering superstition.

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Title: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Author: Washington Irving

Release date: June 27, 2008 [eBook #41]
Most recently updated: November 2, 2025

Language: English

Credits: Ilana M. (Kingsley) Newby and Greg Newby

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

by Washington Irving