tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post4197189212593202352..comments2024-02-05T18:55:01.932+01:00Comments on In My Book: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (Review)Arenelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-91240406416116946822013-10-22T15:25:45.429+02:002013-10-22T15:25:45.429+02:00Detective?? O_o Now I need to watch it too! :)Detective?? O_o Now I need to watch it too! :)Arenelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-13458849410930762252013-10-22T15:25:08.121+02:002013-10-22T15:25:08.121+02:00I suspect I have read it already, but I don't ...I suspect I have read it already, but I don't remember it well, so I will :) Thanks for recommendation :)Arenelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-91908284980451073702013-10-22T15:24:28.327+02:002013-10-22T15:24:28.327+02:00Well, going into the wood fits more into fairy-tal...Well, going into the wood fits more into fairy-tale category, which is not in this event, but I like your point that exploring the experience of scary stuff counts as a scary story :) I ended up linking it anyway :) Hawthorne was goood at it, although sometimes a bit tiresome, as I remember :)Arenelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-2534162227810694372013-10-22T15:04:14.962+02:002013-10-22T15:04:14.962+02:00I've seen the Tim Burton movie based on this o...I've seen the Tim Burton movie based on this one, but the book plot sounds different - for one, in the movie, Ichabod was a detective! The movie was okay, but your review makes it sound like a delightful book! Thanks, I'll definitely add this to my wishlist.Priyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09671631876416310280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-23613243314098650532013-10-16T18:38:49.733+02:002013-10-16T18:38:49.733+02:00Yes, very! 90 pages only! Definitely a good choice...Yes, very! 90 pages only! Definitely a good choice!Arenelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-19374843325402472092013-10-16T16:23:48.537+02:002013-10-16T16:23:48.537+02:00I was thinking about reading this book for RIP VII...I was thinking about reading this book for RIP VIII too because it looks like a lot of fun. Is it a short read?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-61052040430509633062013-10-16T06:21:25.171+02:002013-10-16T06:21:25.171+02:00Do read Rip Van Winkle, too. It's a lot of fu...Do read Rip Van Winkle, too. It's a lot of fun. Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06784890975490896640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-16682226139295712472013-10-09T14:00:13.846+02:002013-10-09T14:00:13.846+02:00It counts for the event, in my opinion. It's a...It counts for the event, in my opinion. It's always been considered a "scary story" not because it is, of itself, scary, but it looks at, as you pointed out the superstitions and anxieties we experience and how we respond to them. Thematically, there are a lot of stories from early American literature where the protagonist goes into the woods and faces something within their psyche. Irving also wrote Rip Van Winkle about a man who encounters some elves in the woods. Nathaniel Hawthorne also explored this in many of his short stories. Of course, this is not unique to American literature. Fairy tales have plenty of examples of a character going into the woods/forest and encountering something/someone, etc. Satiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227625739706115993noreply@blogger.com