The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving

2020年7月 · Google Play Public Domain · AI 讲述者：Michelle（来自 Google）

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"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a popular American fiction story, especially during Halloween, because of the Headless Horseman character. The mysterious, haunting Sleepy Hollow is inhabited by ghosts and unexplained events befall its inhabitants.

作者简介

Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain. Irving served as ambassador to Spain from 1842 to 1846.