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Well I must say I expected something different. Still it was quite an interesting read and I liked the rather unusual portrayal of the main character who was nothing less tan a hero. A nice read for Halloween.
Loved this story as a child and it was always a Halloween staple! In reading the original story, I found the archaic language choices a little slow-going, but was delighted by the humor shining through. I thought the author's gift for description was brilliant - I had every scene pictured vividly. What I find really amazing is that every year I can never quite remember what actually becomes of Ichabod Crane in the end - after reading Irving's tale again as an adult I get that his running away to
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This was a fun little book to read during the October month. I would have given it a three star but the few racial comments in it kept pulling me out of the story and bothered me. Hope you enjoy reading it!
An amusing tale. The fact that I am Dutch and going to New York shortly added to my enjoyment.
Fantastic book and sometimes scary enough you might think running away from it will be a good enough option to escape from it...
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