The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

A classic character in the spooky and strange, the Headless Horseman of Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a tale of love, deceit, dark forests and ghost stories. Set in 1790 in a small village called Sleepy Hollow, the novel tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a superstitious schoolmaster and Katrina Van Tassel, Crane’s love interest and the daughter of wealthy farmer, Baltus. Crane frequently competes with Abraham “Brom Bones” Van Brunt for Katrina’s hand in marriage. One night, while Ichabod was walking home from a party, he is pursued by the Headless Horseman, a ghostly figure who rides on a giant black stallion carrying his severed head. After the pursuit, Ichabod mysteriously disappears from town, never to be seen or heard from again.



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