The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story by Washington Irving
contained in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.,
written while he was living in Birmingham, England, and first published in 1820.
With Irving's companion piece "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is
among the earliest examples of American fiction still read today.

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