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Die Legende von Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving
In each language: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow · Die Legende von Sleepy Hollow · La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow · La Légende de Sleepy Hollow · La leggenda di Sleepy Hollow
In a drowsy Dutch valley haunted, they say, by a headless horseman, the lanky schoolmaster Ichabod Crane courts a wealthy farmer's daughter against a brawnier rival. Riding home alone one night, he meets something on the road that no one can quite explain.
In English, German, Spanish, French and Italian · about 12,200 words · 1 h – 1 h 15 min to read.
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Ein lieblich Land voll Schlummer war es dort, Von Träumen, die vor halbgeschloss’nem Auge schweben; Von Wolkenschlössern, die an jenem Ort, In ew’gem Glanz am Sommerhimmel leben. SCHLOSS DER TRÄGHEIT.
A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky. CASTLE OF INDOLENCE.
Im Schoße einer jener geräumigen Buchten, die das östliche Ufer des Hudson einbuchtet, an jener breiten Ausweitung des Flusses, die von den alten niederländischen Seefahrern Tappan Zee genannt wurde und wo sie stets klugerweise die Segel einholten und den Schutz des heiligen
In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee, and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St.
Nikolaus anriefen, wenn sie ihn überquerten, liegt eine kleine Marktstadt oder ein ländlicher Hafen, der von manchen Greensburgh genannt wird, der aber allgemein und treffender unter dem Namen Tarry Town bekannt ist.
Nicholas when they crossed, there lies a small market town or rural port, which by some is called Greensburgh, but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town.
Languages
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow · English (original)12,214 words · ~1 h 15 min
- Die Legende von Sleepy Hollow · German11,768 words · ~1 h
- La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow · Spanish12,575 words · ~1 h 15 min
- La Légende de Sleepy Hollow · FrenchC1 Advanced · 12,675 words · ~1 h 15 min
- La leggenda di Sleepy Hollow · Italian11,875 words · ~1 h
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