Tarry Town

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Tarry Town is a fictional Hudson Valley village in Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” closely associated with the eerie, supernatural atmosphere surrounding Sleepy Hollow.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location
fictional village
literary setting
appearsInGenre American short story
Gothic fiction
associatedWith Headless Horseman legend
Sleepy Hollow
eerie atmosphere
supernatural events
countryInFiction United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Washington Irving
firstAppearance The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
firstPublicationYear 1820
hasThemeAssociation folklore
legend
superstition
inspiredBy Tarrytown, New York
languageOfOrigin English
locatedInRegion Hudson Valley
locatedInWork The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
locatedNear Sleepy Hollow
medium literature
mentionedByNarrator Geoffrey Crayon
narrativeFunction frames the setting of Sleepy Hollow
partOfFictionalUniverse Washington Irving’s Hudson Valley settings
roleInWork nearby village to Sleepy Hollow
stateInFiction New York

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