The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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gothic tale horror story short story work of fiction

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is an 1820 short story by Washington Irving that tells the eerie tale of schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and the legendary Headless Horseman in a haunted New York valley.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gothic tale ⓘ
horror story ⓘ
short story ⓘ
work of fiction ⓘ
adaptedAs animated film ⓘ
film ⓘ
radio drama ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
television production ⓘ
alternateTitle The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ⓘ
surface form: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
author Washington Irving ⓘ
characterOccupation Ichabod Crane ⓘ
surface form: Ichabod Crane is a schoolmaster
climaxEvent Ichabod Crane’s encounter with the Headless Horseman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalImpact helped establish American short story tradition ⓘ
popularized the Headless Horseman figure in American culture ⓘ
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surface form: Headless Horseman
firstPublishedAs part of a collection ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ⓘ
frameNarrative Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
genre dark romanticism ⓘ
gothic fiction ⓘ
short story ⓘ
inspiredBy Dutch-American folklore ⓘ
European headless rider legends ⓘ
literaryMovement American Romanticism ⓘ
literaryStatus American literary classic ⓘ
locationBasis Sleepy Hollow, New York ⓘ
mainCharacter Brom Bones ⓘ
Ichabod Crane ⓘ
Katrina Van Tassel ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableAdaptation Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) ⓘ
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949 film) ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfCollection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ⓘ
publicationYear 1820 ⓘ
publisher C. S. Van Winkle ⓘ
setIn Hudson Valley ⓘ
New York ⓘ
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surface form: Sleepy Hollow

Tarry Town ⓘ
settingDescribedAs haunted valley ⓘ
theme folklore ⓘ
rationality versus imagination ⓘ
social ambition ⓘ
superstition ⓘ
timePeriod post-American Revolutionary War era ⓘ

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