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A review by wingsandfables
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
5.0
Sbooktober Challenge #3: Read a book with fall colors on the cover
Sbooktober Challenge Book #3: Complete - *Note: I read a different version that contains the short story within it and that volume has fall colors; however, I did not read the entire book and do not want to add it to my read list until I have.
I'm surprised at how much I enjoyed this! I'm pretty sure I read at least a portion of it in high school as required reading, but I paid very little attention or may not have read it at all and only claimed I did to my poor English teacher as I did not remember anything about it. But I thoroughly enjoyed reading it this time and was vastly entertained.
Classics are always amazing in different ways. The character development given in just a few paragraphs is always particularly fascinating to me and that is definitely given within this story. The plight of Ichabod Crane was humorous and interesting to me throughout the story. Just imagining his encounter with the Headless Horseman caused me to giggle though I know it would be terrifying if it actually happened to me! Oh, if only dear Ichabod knew that though he was known for recounting horror stories on a drop, that he would become one in his future.
Sbooktober Challenge Book #3: Complete - *Note: I read a different version that contains the short story within it and that volume has fall colors; however, I did not read the entire book and do not want to add it to my read list until I have.
I'm surprised at how much I enjoyed this! I'm pretty sure I read at least a portion of it in high school as required reading, but I paid very little attention or may not have read it at all and only claimed I did to my poor English teacher as I did not remember anything about it. But I thoroughly enjoyed reading it this time and was vastly entertained.
Classics are always amazing in different ways. The character development given in just a few paragraphs is always particularly fascinating to me and that is definitely given within this story. The plight of Ichabod Crane was humorous and interesting to me throughout the story. Just imagining his encounter with the Headless Horseman caused me to giggle though I know it would be terrifying if it actually happened to me! Oh, if only dear Ichabod knew that though he was known for recounting horror stories on a drop, that he would become one in his future.