pickOnce you adjust to Irving's somewhat florid style, his sketches feel like a warm slice of post-Revolution America, even when (re-)telling colonial folk tales of the newly established country. To be sure, melodrama weaves its way into the Sketch-Book but doesn't veer into melancholy. There is a unity as the work flits between the colonies and England, and the story of poor Ichabod Crane still gave me a bit of a chill. #bookreviewer #classics
In the dark shadow of the grove...he beheld something huge, misshapen, black and towering. It stirred not, but seemed gathered up in the gloom, like some gigantic monster ready to spring upon the traveler. The hair...rose upon his head with terror. What was to be done? To turn and fly now was too late...Summoning up, therefore, a show of course, he demanded in stammering accents-"Who are you?" #classics
(from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")
pickI'd never read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow before. Turns out its pretty good! We discuss the story, Nick Hornby, coffee table books and more on episode 18, hot off the podcast presses. Enjoy.
https://open.spotify.com/show/6A6hXZ7eaOG7BtHOSJpCTI
#sleepyhollow #octoberreads #bookreview #therewillbebooks
Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent | 
