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Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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Pagine
108
Lingua
EN
ISBN
9780809594085
Tempo di Lettura
~1h 53min

Legend of Sleepy Hollow è un book di Washington Irving. Conta 108 pagine.

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Washington Irving’s early nineteenth-century tale emerges from the Dutch settlements of New York’s Hudson Valley, where colonial history and local folklore intertwine. Centered on the arrival of Ichabod Crane, a superstitious schoolteacher drawn to both a local heiress and the region’s whispered legends, the narrative explores the tension between Enlightenment rationality and enduring rural superstition. Irving blends American landscape, European Gothic conventions, and gentle social satire to craft a story that helped establish the short fiction form in United States literature. The work’s lasting significance lies in its careful balance of atmospheric dread and character-driven humor, particularly through the figure of the Headless Horseman, a spectral rider whose true nature remains deliberately open to interpretation. By grounding supernatural suggestion in the everyday concerns of vanity, ambition, and community rivalry, Irving created a foundational American myth that continues to shape how readers understand the intersection of regional identity, historical memory, and folk tradition.

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Legend of Sleepy Hollow ha 108 pagine.

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Washington Irving’s early nineteenth-century tale emerges from the Dutch settlements of New York’s Hudson Valley, where colonial history and local folklore intertwine. Centered on the arrival of Ichabod Crane, a superstitious schoolteacher drawn to both a local heiress and the region’s whispered leg...

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Legend of Sleepy Hollow è stato scritto da Washington Irving.