![]() ![]() Also included was the classic “Rip Van Winkle.” The stories propelled him to fame. Washington Irving (1783-1859) published “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” in 1819 as part of a collection of stories titled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon. ![]() As it turns out, looking a bit into the history of “Sleepy Hollow,” there are just as many questions about the origins of the story itself. I still remember the profound frustration of not knowing exactly what happened to Ichabod Crane. The bridge became more than ever an object of superstitious awe, and that may be the reason why the road has been altered of late years…The schoolhouse being deserted, soon fell to decay, and was reported to be haunted by the ghost of the unfortunate pedagogue and the plough-boy, loitering homeward of a still summer evening, has often fancied his voice at a distance, chanting a melancholy psalm tune among the tranquil solitudes of Sleepy Hollow.” ![]() “…The old country wives, however, who are the best judges of these matters, maintain to this day that Ichabod was spirited away by supernatural means and it is a favourite story often told about the neighbourhood round the winter evening fire. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by John Quidor, 1858 ![]()
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