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Book Review By Joe Bow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

It's about a guy Ichabod Crane who is a poor school teacher who works for a mere ten dollars a day. He sleeps in his student's house and only does a little bit of light work around the place. At a little bit in Ichabod falls in love with the beautiful Katrina van Tassel who is a wealthy daughter of a substantial Dutch farmer. One night he is invited to her mansion for a party, he had borrowed a horse from the farmer Hans Van Ripper and was on his way to the party. When he got there, there were a lot of fancy foods such as doughnuts and cakes and all the high people are bragging about their stuff. He got into a discussion with a bunch of people who were all talking about the headless horseman who lurks the night and how they all had encounters with him. One guy Brom bones Ichabod's rival told a story about how he and the horseman were in a race and he was winning until the horseman flew off in a burst of fire. After the party Ichabod was on his way home when, when he was crossing the bridge he saw him, the headless horseman. Ichabod in terror turned his horse around and took off in a hurry. As he was nearing the old church and graveyard he felt some thing hit his head and he fell off. The next morning the farmer horse had returned but there was no sign of Ichabod, they went to search for him but all they found was his hat and a smashed pumpkin.



Plot & Themes
Tone of story - depressing/sad
Time/era of story:
Kid or adult book? - Ages 7-14
Horror Story? Yes
Horror plotlets - the monster chased me!
descript. of violence and chases - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 %

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - natural phenomena
Age: - long-lived adults
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
Motive of antagonist - revenge
Monster of some sort? Yes
Kind of monster: - general monster
How sensitive is this character?
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - Netherlands
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - little dialog
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