Publisher's Synopsis
Differentiated book-It has a historical context with research of the timeIchabod Crane is a little Apollonian master in Sleepy Hollow. Pretend to the beautiful, young and, above all, wealthy Katrina Van Tassel; However, her expectations of improving her position through her marriage to the girl must overcome the pitfall that Brom the Bones supposes, who also courts the young woman. Although the worst is that in Sleepy Hollow you have to be careful, because one can find the headless horseman ...Probably this (often called simply Sleepy Hollow or also The Legend of the Headless Horseman) is the best known of the author's stories, perhaps because of the many times it has been brought to the screen and especially because of the adaptation that she made Tim Burton in 1999."How many times was the master about to die of anguish when he thought he heard in the breath of the wind between the trees the passage of a headless horseman who rode through the forest!"I think almost anyone who thinks at first of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow will imagine a horror story, more or less gothic, more or less creepy, more or less sinister, but terror after all. However, that is not the main story that Irving offers. All the narration, even the darkest and most frightening moments, is imbued with a good dose of humor because, in reality, it is rather a comic and satirical story, whose dark tints manage, paradoxically, that the reader laughs with more strength of the events surrounding Ichabod Crane."He was a kind and grateful man, of good shape and with a heart as big as capable, his skinny body was, however, of widening incredibly to accommodate everything that engulfed."This is the main protagonist, and not the headless horseman. Ichabod is far from being a hero, an antihero or anything similar. It is basically a walking satire. Irving describes us as an ungainly school teacher, tyrant with his students, poor, interested, credulous, and with a great insatiable stomach, who will see with good eyes woo a beautiful young woman whose wedding would mean to have at her disposal rich delicacies all the days. The most peculiar of his character is his taste for horror stories, which fascinate him as much as they scare him, and his superchery - which equals or even surpasses that of those around him. It will be with him who we will know the territory of Sleepy Hollow and the terrible headless horseman, until we reach an end that will not stop making us smile."He never inflicted any punishment on any of the boys without first assuring him, to give the necessary comfort to the insolent, who did it for his good, adding: " You will be grateful for it for life. "The legend of Sleepy Hollow is a brief, satirical story, a classic that, although it may not coincide with the idea that has become popular, it is still a good story to enjoy at any time."His ghost wanders at night and sorrow in search of his head."
