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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | 
 enlarge | Author: Washington Irving
Publisher: Public Domain Books
Category: eBooks
This item is no longer available
Rating:  19 reviews
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B000JQUJHO
Publication Date: October 1, 1992
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A Classic! September 4, 2010
Steven Gargolinski (Boston)
As a kid I used to watch the Legend of Sleepy Hollow cartoon and the headless horseman scared the living daylights out of me. When I got a little bit older, as a budding horror fan - I was psyched to find out that The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was actually a respected contemporary piece. In other words: I could easily get away with reading a scary book for a class book report. Nice!
Re-reading The Legend of Sleepy Hollow today, it holds up very well. The first thing to note is that it's really not a full novel - it's a novella or even short story. It took me around half of an hour to read it from cover to cover. Washington Irving's prose is simple and easy to follow, and even beautiful at times. The only problem with reading it nowadays is that there are a number of archaic terms that you'll want to look up - but thankfully you can do that instantly and painlessly with your Kindle.
Since this book is FREE on the Kindle and is such a small time investment - you really do owe it to yourself to experience this classic of American literature. What are you waiting for? Enjoy!
 You feel that you are there August 19, 2010
bernie (Arlington, Texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As with many readers my previous exposure to this story was the Disney Cartoon and the ghoulish adaptation by Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci in the Movie "Sleepy Hollow" [Blu-ray] (1999).
With my purchase of the kindle I was catching up on the classics or sample from different writers. I did not realize this was so short of a story and had to get the images out of my head from the films.
I am amazed had what a good descriptive writing of Washington Irving. I had to set the book down occasionally to look up people and words. Now I ordered information on Hudson and Cotton Mather.
I spent a year near the location of the story at West Point. Now I wonder if there was such a place as Sleepy Hollow.
This is another example of the book being better than the movie. And I look forwarded to reading more of Washington Irving. You will be hooked on him also. In any event it is work the read.
I used the Text-to-Speech function of the book. I intend to purchase a copy form my physical library.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Disney Mini Classics) [VHS]
Sleepy Hollow [Blu-ray]
 ehhh.... August 15, 2010
this book seemed like it went on forever. i love the movie, this was nothing like it...it did not get to the actual story that we all have heard till the last 2 pages. it was okay. a quick read.
Fantastic July 28, 2010
NYM
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This classic is beautifully written with elegant descriptions. I grabbed it because it was free, but would have gladly paid for this remarkable piece of literature.
Not what you'd expect... July 13, 2010
Amber Finch (Missouri)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" to test out my new Kindle. It is extremely short and has a plot that has been adapted so many times that I really wasn't expecting what I got out of the real thing. Irving's writing was witty and beautifully descriptive. Its vocabulary was also often surprisingly advanced for such a short book. However, if a person goes into this book looking for a spooky tale of terror, this is not the place to look. Most of the actual book is build-up and description. Rather than being the scary story that people come to expect due to the many film adaptations, it seems to be more of an example showing how people can get carried away with superstitions as well as what deeds people can perform when consumed by jealousy. Irving's hints that Brom's jealousy prompted him to perform the elaborate hoax in which Ichabod's fears of The Headless Horseman are realized seemed farely obvious to me.
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