Rip Van Winkle and Sleepy Hollow
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.
More by Washington Irving
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Alhambra
The works of Washington Irving
Rip Van Winkle
A history of New York
Astoria
Bracebridge Hall
Old Christmas from the Sketch Book of Washington Irving
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Tales of a Traveller
Chappie’s discussion starters
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- Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
- Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
- What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
- If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
- Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?