<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The short story read by Chip from the LibriVox project . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> <P> "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a horror story by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent...Written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, England, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was first published in 1820 . Along with Irving's companion piece "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity, especially during Halloween because of a character known as the Headless Horseman believed to be a Hessian soldier who lost his head to a cannonball in battle . </P> <P> From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers, this sequestered glen has long been known by name of Sleepy Hollow...A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere . </P>

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