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I had seen a movie version of Sleepy Hollow years ago, but I hadn't read this short story until now. I loved the descriptions of rural areas around Sleepy Hollow, and I like that in the end you really don't know what happened.
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"[T]he 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."
Sleepy Hollow won't satisfy if you're looking for good scares, and Ichabod is an unpleasant little dweeb, but the atmospheric descriptions of the drowsy glen are perfect for a slow weekend morning: apple piles ready to be made into cider, corn fields, sunny hills, golden horizons, yellow pumpkins "turning up their fair round be ...more
Listened to it 3 times. Definitely enjoyable and will probably listen to it again and again.
I've read this before, but first time listening to the audiobook. The language is cumbersome enough that it trips up the narrative. I would recommend reading it instead.
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