Download or read book The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Illustrated) written by Washington Irving and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2014-03-13 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, England, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was first published in 1820. Along with Irving's companion piece "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity.