The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving, 1820
The autumn classic, in five parts.
Washington Irving's 1820 tale of Ichabod Crane, the lanky schoolmaster of a Dutch valley on the Hudson, his rival Brom Bones, and the Headless Horseman said to ride the valley at night.
5 parts · 12,206 words · about 5 hours at 40 wpm
Start with Part 1How it begins
A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky. CASTLE OF INDOLENCE.
In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee, and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St.
Parts
- 1 Part 1A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And… ~66 min
- 2 Part 2Another of his sources of fearful pleasure was to pass long winter evenings with the old… ~65 min
- 3 Part 3I profess not to know how women’s hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been… ~63 min
- 4 Part 4Ichabod prided himself upon his dancing as much as upon his vocal powers. Not a limb, not… ~63 min
- 5 Part 5Ichabod, who had no relish for this strange midnight companion, and bethought himself of… ~48 min
Text: Project Gutenberg #41. In the public domain.