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THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW by Washington Irving - FULL AudioBook • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a short story by Washington Irving contained in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., written while he was living in Birmingham, and first published in 1820. With Irving's companion piece Rip Van Winkle , The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is among the earliest examples of American fiction still read today. (Summary adapted from wiki) • 🌐🌟🎧📚 https://GreatestAudioBooks.co • 🛒 S H O P great books gifts: https://www.amazon.com/shop/GreatestA... • 💙 T w i t t e r : / gaudiobooks • 🔲Koji► https://koji.to/GreatestAudioBooks • 🎧 30 day Audible audiobooks trial►https://amzn.to/2Iu08SE • 📙👩🏿🚀 More vids on O d y s e e : https://odysee.com/$/invite/@Greatest... • 🎧 Audiobooks .com 🎧 30 day trial►https://tinyurl.com/2x6ac4ff • • READ along by clicking (CC) for Closed Caption Transcript! • LISTEN to the entire audiobook for free! • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (1783-1859) • Chapter listing and length: • The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow -- 01:23:23 • • THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW • by Washington Irving • • FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER. • • A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, • Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; • And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, • Forever flushing round a summer sky. • CASTLE OF INDOLENCE. • • In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern • shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated • by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee, and where they always • prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas • when they crossed, there lies a small market town or rural port, which • by some is called Greensburgh, but which is more generally and properly • known by the name of Tarry Town. This name was given, we are told, in • former days, by the good housewives of the adjacent country, from the • inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village • tavern on market days. Be that as it may, I do not vouch for the fact, • but merely advert to it, for the sake of being precise and authentic. • Not far from this village, perhaps about two miles, there is a little • valley or rather lap of land among high hills, which is one of the • quietest places in the whole world. A small brook glides through it, • with just murmur enough to lull one to repose; and the occasional • whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound • that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity. • I recollect that, when a stripling, my first exploit in • squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one • side of the valley. I had wandered into it at noontime, when all nature • is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own gun, as it • broke the Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated • by the angry echoes. If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might • steal from the world and its distractions, and dream quietly away the • remnant of a troubled life, I know of none more promising than this • little valley. • From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its • inhabitants, who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers, this • sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW, and • its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the • neighboring country. A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the • land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. Some say that the place • was bewitched by a High German doctor, during the early days of the • settlement; others, that an old Indian chief, the prophet or wizard of • his tribe, held his powwows there before the country was discovered by • Master Hendrick Hudson. Certain it is, the place still continues under • the sway of some witching power, that holds a spell over the minds of • the good people, causing them to walk in a continual reverie. They are • given to all kinds of marvellous beliefs, are subject to trances and • visions, and frequently see strange sights, and hear music and voices in • the air. The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales, haunted spots, • and twilight superstitions; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across • the valley than in any other part of the country, and the nightmare, • with her whole ninefold, seems to make it the favorite scene of her • gambols. .... CONTINUED..... • • V1 Read by Chip • This video: Copyright 2013. Greatest Audio Books. All Rights Reserved.
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