Book
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Published
- 1820
- Genre
- Folk Tale
- Publisher
- Franklin Classics
- Pages
- 108
- Words
- 12213
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93261.The_Legend_of_Sleepy_Hollow?ac=1&from_search=true
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 11.0
- AR interest level
- UG — upper grades, 9–12
- Lexile
- 1460L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 14–18
- Ambleside year
- Year 4 onwards · ages 9–12
An Ambleside year is a year of the Ambleside Online programme, not a reader's age. Year 0 is its first year, and a book used over several years shows the span. The ages beside it are that band offered two grades up and none down, which is how we offer a band; they are a placement, not a reading measure.
Headless horsemen were staples of Northern European storytelling, featuring in German, Irish (e.g. Dullahan), Scandinavian (e.g. the Wild Hunt) and English legends and were included in Robert Burns's "Tam o' Shanter" (1790), and Burger's Der wilde Jager, translated as The Wild Huntsman (1796). Usually viewed as omens of ill-fortune for those who chose to disregard their apparitions, these specters found their victims in proud, scheming persons and characters with hubris and arrogance. The chief part of the stories, however, turned upon the favorite specter of Sleepy Hollow, the Headless Horseman, who had been heard several times of late, patrolling the country; and, it was said, tethered his horse nightly among the graves in the churchyard.
Collections
Harvard ClassicsMensa Kids · 7-8TJEd Early Recommended
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780342947157
- ISBN-10
- 034294715X
Tags
ClassicsFantasy/Imagination-Misc./OtherHarvard ClassicsHumor/Funny-FunnyMensa KidsMysteries-Hauntings/GhostsShort StoriesThomas Jefferson Education EarlyWhat Kids Are Reading, 2016-25 Most Read Fiction, ATOS Book Levels 9.7-14.1