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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1820):
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
by Washington Irving

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

Title: “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”

Medium: prose text story

Cover date: 1820

Publisher: Cornelius S. Van Winkle
Written by: Washington Irving


2 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Ichabod Crane Ichabod Crane
(lead character)
hero
CBR Scale: M Presbyterian; Anglican
[historian; soldier...] Cornelius S. Van Winkle 40
The Headless Horseman The Headless Horseman villain
CBR Scale: M spirit
[Hessian; head blown off by cannonball; returned as spirit] Cornelius S. Van Winkle 11

Note that The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. was published serially from June 23, 1819 - July 1820. So various stories and essays published as part of this book have different publication dates. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was first published in 1820.

When this story was originally published, it was published using the pseudonym "Geoffrey Crayon."