"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story of speculative ction by American author Washington Irving. Written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, England, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was rst published in 1820. Along with Irving's companion piece "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is among the earliest examples of American ction with enduring popularity, especially during Halloween because of a character known as the headless...