La leggenda di Sleepy Hollow

What?! All this time I was feeling sorry for him and it turns out Ichabod Crane was a douchebag! Ok, this is my first time hearing the actual short story. So, I've been going off of movies and cartoons as my reference to what The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow was all about. And if you haven't read it, you Leggi tutto

Such heavy description, but still a good Halloween classic!

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow might be one of the most perfect spooky tales to read, listen to, or tell on a cool October night. I listened to the whole thing on one, chilly, misty, fall walk. As the leaves fell from the trees and the dew from the fog condensed on my coat, I was transported to Sleepy

I thought this story and I were Meant To Be. A few days before reading this, I read and reviewed Washington Irving's other famous story, Rip Van Winkle , and really enjoyed it. And then I read The Fold , which has this exchange between a high school student and his teacher in the first few pages: “Ich Leggi tutto

I remember the movies and I think I recall we read and analyzed this short story in school. I think it was around Halloween as a fun activity but I really could not remember the story at all. It was a favourite of my husband's but I could not find his old childhood copy anywhere around the house. Lu Leggi tutto

مموجة الحر الابدية حولت مصر الى هذا الوادي النعسان اما هناك في" الوادي النعسان" حيث الكل يمشون في حالة حلم يقظة مستمر..يؤمنون بكل الخوارق ..هنا تطير النيازك و تسقط النجومولكن تظل الروح المسيطرة على سليبي هولو هو شبح بلا رأس يمتطي حصانا. .باحثا للابد عن رأسه ..و بين الأسماء الهولندية الثقيلة و الطباع Leggi tutto

No review coming for this. I re-read it for background in reviewing The Horseman , in which the famed rider of Sleepy Hollow is given a new take. The original is a fun read, with Ichabod as a gold-digger of a school-teacher looking to get with the beautiful local heiress, to the chagrin of the Gaston Leggi tutto

This little treasure was simply delightful! Quite honestly, I didn’t expect to enjoy it quite so much. I’ve seen the various movie adaptations over the years and figured there wasn’t really anything more to be gained by reading this short story. I was wrong – the eloquence of the written word brough Leggi tutto