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1、THELEGENDOFSLEEPYHOLLOWBYWASHINGTONIRVING7^WYS`f7Taa]eCOPYRIGHTINFORMATIONShortStory:“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”Author:WashingtonIrving,1783–1859Firstpublished:1819Illustrationsfirstpublished:1863TheoriginalstoryandillustrationsareinthepublicdomainintheUnitedStatesandi
2、nmost,ifnotall,othercountriesaswell.ReadersoutsidetheUnitedStatesshouldchecktheirowncountries’copyrightlawstobecertaintheycanlegallydownloadthisebook.TheOnlineBooksPagehasanFAQwhichgivesasummaryofcopyrightdurationsformanyothercountries,aswellaslinkstomoreofficialsource
3、s.ThisPDFebookwascreatedbyJoséMenéndez.NOTEONTHETEXT“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”firstappearedinWashingtonIrving’scollectionofstories,TheSketchBookofGeoffreyCrayon,Gent.,publishedin1819.ThetextandillustrationsusedinthisebookarefromtherevisededitionoftheSketchBook,published
4、in1863.CONTENTSTHELEGENDOFSLEEPYHOLLOWPOSTSCRIPTLISTOFILLUSTRATIONSVIEWINSLEEPYHOLLOW[fromsketchbyJ.H.Hill]WM.HARTICHABOD’SEVENINGWALKOERTELLKATRINAATTHEWHEELDARLEYSUNNYSIDEWM.HARTICHABODANDKATRINAHUNTINGTONTHEMESSENGERHOPPINTHETAPPANZEEKENSETTCHURCHATSLEEPYHOLLOW[from
5、sketchbyJ.H.Hill]WM.HARTTHEOLDBRIDGET.A.RICHARDSBROMBONESANDICHABODLEUTZEVIGNETTE-POSTSCRIPTHERRICKTHELEGENDOFSLEEPYHOLLOW.FOUNDAMONGTHEPAPERSOFTHELATEDIEDRICHKNICKERBOCKER.“Apleasinglandofdrowsyheaditwas,Ofdreamsthatwavebeforethehalf-shuteye;Andofgaycastlesintheclouds
6、thatpass,Foreverflushingroundasummersky.”CASTLEOFINDOLENCE.NthebosomofoneofthosespaciouscoveswhichindenttheeasternshoreoftheHudson,atthatbroadexpansionoftheriverdenominatedbytheancientDutchnavigatorstheTappanZee,andwheretheyalwaysprudentlyshortenedsail,andimploredthepr
7、otectionofSt.Nicholaswhentheycrossed,thereliesasmallmarket-townorruralport,whichbysomeiscalledGreensburgh,but56THELEGENDOFSLEEPYHOLLOWwhichismoregenerallyandproperlyknownbythenameofTarryTown.Thisnamewasgiven,wearetold,informerdays,bythegoodhousewivesoftheadjacentcountr
8、y,fromtheinveteratepropensityoftheirhusbandstolingeraboutthevillagetavernonmarket-days.Bethatasitmay,Idonotvouchforth
