Washington Irving

A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

Two stories from the Catskill Mountains: one featuring a man who sleeps for twenty years, waking to a much-changed world and the other, a superstitious schoolmaster who encounters a headless horseman.

The legend of Sleepy Hollow: A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman. Rip Van Winkle: A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.

Presents stories that deal with a twenty-year sleep, a ghostly apparition, a goblin, a tragic love affair, and a young storyteller.

A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

Stories from the Catskill Mountains including the short story of a man who sleeps for twenty years, waking to a much-changed world.