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Rip Van Winkle and Sleepy Hollow

by Washington Irving · 1867

Short Stories · ranked #34 in category

In the first of these stories from the Catskill Mountains, a superstitious schoolmaster encounters a headless horseman; in the second, a man sleeps for twenty years, waking to a much-changed world.

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The verdict

Category
Short Stories
First published
1867 · 1860s
Author
Washington Irving
Standing
Recommended

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