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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Paper book: €13.99

Digital: €3.99

Original publication
1820
Bilingual edition
12 June 2026
Pages
92
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Horror, Poetic
Moods
Get the chills, Have a laugh
Translated from
English

Book summary

In a small village in the Hudson Valley, people say that a headless horseman gallops along the roads at night. Ichabod Crane, a thin and very superstitious schoolmaster, courts the daughter of a rich local farmer, under the eye of a rival far brawnier than he is.

Both funny and eerie, this short tale is one of America's most famous ghost stories, perfect for an autumn evening.

You can read it in one sitting in the language you are learning.

The plot

Alone on the road, at midnight. A big party has just ended at a rich farmer’s house. The guests have been telling ghost stories.

The world of the book

A quiet valley near New York. The story takes place around 1790, on the banks of the Hudson River, north of New York. Sleepy Hollow is a little valley among the hills, one of the quietest places in the whole world.

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