Having said that, I do not think that the target audience, children, will have any trouble with it either. I am sure that there must have been a temptation to bring the language up to date, but I am glad that they resisted it. The teacher seems to be impervious to this conflict of interest though, and that forms the crux of this story.The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is written in the third-person and in a slightly archaic style, which only enhances the rhythm and appeal of the story. However, this upsets several local youths, who think that they should have the first crack of the whip. We are told that it acquired its name from the women of the town, because their men spent too much time in the inns and that the area and its inhabitants were prone to ideas, thoughts and visualisations of a supernatural nature, one of which was that of a headless horseman.Most of the story involves an impoverished out-of-town teacher, who decides that his prospects would be greatly improved, if he could persuade one of his young pupils, the beautiful heiress xxx to marry him. The Legend of Sleepy HollowOriginally by Washington IrvingAbridged by Fiza Pathan and Michelangelo ZaneIllustrated by Farzana CooperReviewed by Barry BoyThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Fiza Pathan and Michelangelo Zane is a rewrite, an abridged version of the 1799 American classic by Washington Irving, and illustrated by Farzana Cooper.The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is set in Tarry Town on the eastern shores of the Hudson River.
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