The chief part of the stories, however, turned upon the favorite specter of Sleepy Hollow, the Headless Horseman, who had been heard several times of late, patrolling the country; and, it was said, tethered his horse nightly among the graves in the churchyard. The story was immediately matched by a thrice marvelous adventure of Brom Bones, who made light of the Galloping Hessian as an arrant jockey. He affirmed that on returning one night from the neighboring village of Sing Sing, he had been overtaken by this midnight trooper; that he had offered to race with him for a bowl of punch, and should have won it too, for Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but just as they came to the church bridge, the Hessian bolted, and vanished in a flash of fire. All these tales, told in that drowsy undertone with which men talk in the dark, the countenances of the listeners only now and then receiving a casual gleam from the glare of a pipe, sank deep in the mind of Ichabod. . . .
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圖書標籤: 美國文學 小說 斷頭榖傳奇 英文原版 美國 短篇 literature 文學
想起幾年前美國文學課的討論課,每次課前都讀到天亮的日子……
評分一邊讀一邊真的感覺要睡著瞭...
評分現在看就沒難度瞭... 很light-hearted
評分The description of Crane is ironic????He looks exactly like his name: his head like a bird perching on his neck and his hands stretching out 1 mile from his sleeves. The supertitious coward who only cares about wealth, is an emblem of material philistine outside of the village. But I don't think the rustic and ignorant villiage life is to be praised.
評分故事情節很精彩,可惜不是長篇的。
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