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求华盛顿*欧文的《睡谷的传说》的英文简介!大概在500字以内,纯英文,汉语也可,但需要翻译后的英文单词也会达到500字~
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求华盛顿*欧文的《睡谷的传说》的英文简介!

大概在500字以内,纯英文,汉语也可,但需要翻译后的英文单词也会达到500字~

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  Thestoryissetcirca1790intheDutchsettlementofTarryTown,inasecludedglencalledSleepyHollow.IttellsthestoryofIchabodCrane,asycophantic,lean,lanky,andextremelysuperstitiousschoolmasterfromConnecticut,whocompeteswithAbraham"BromBones"VanBrunt,thetownrowdy,forthehandof18-year-oldKatrinaVanTassel,thedaughterandsolechildofawealthyfarmer,BaltusVanTassel.AsCraneleavesapartyheattendedattheVanTasselhomeonanautumnnight,heispursuedbytheHeadlessHorseman,whoissupposedlytheghostofaHessiantrooperwhohadhisheadshotoffbyastraycannonballduring"somenamelessbattle"oftheAmericanRevolutionaryWar,andwho"ridesforthtothesceneofbattleinnightlyquestofhishead".Ichabodmysteriouslydisappearsfromtown,leavingKatrinatomarryBromBones,whowas"tolookexceedinglyknowingwheneverthestoryofIchabodwasrelated".AlthoughthenatureoftheHeadlessHorsemanisleftopentointerpretation,thestoryimpliesthattheHorsemanwasreallyBromBonesindisguise.   TheLegendofSleepyHollowwasbasedonaGermanfolktale,setintheDutchcultureofPost-RevolutionaryWarinNewYorkState.TheoriginalfolktalewasrecordedbyKarlMusäus.AnexcerptofMusäus:   Theheadlesshorsemanwasoftenseenhere.AnoldmanwhodidnotbelieveinghoststoldofmeetingtheheadlesshorsemancomingfromhistripintotheHollow.Thehorsemanmadehimclimbupbehind.Theyrodeoverbushes,hills,andswamps.Whentheyreachedthebridge,thehorsemansuddenlyturnedintoaskeleton.Hethrewtheoldmanintothebrookandsprangawayoverthetreetopswithaclapofthunder.[1]   ThedénouementofthefictionaltaleissetatthebridgeoverthePocanticoRiverintheareaoftheOldDutchChurchandBuryingGroundinSleepyHollow.ThecharactersofIchabodCraneandKatrinaVanTasselmayhavebeenbasedonlocalresidentsknowntotheauthor.ThecharacterofKatrinaisthoughttohavebeenbaseduponEleanorVanTasselBrush,inwhichcasehernameisderivedfromthatofEleanor'sauntCatrienaEckerVanTessel.   Irving,whilehewasanaide-de-camptoNewYorkGov.DanielD.Tompkins,metanarmycaptainnamedIchabodCraneinSacketsHarbor,NewYorkduringaninspectiontouroffortificationsin1814.Hemayhaveborrowedthenamefromthecaptainandpatternedthecharacterin"TheLegend"afterJesseMerwin,whotaughtatthelocalschoolhouseinKinderhook,furthernorthalongtheHudsonRiver,whereIrvingspentseveralmonthsin1809.[2]   "TheLegendofSleepyHollow"followsatraditionoffolktalesandpoemsinvolvingasupernaturalwildchase,includingRobertBurns'sTamO'Shanter(1790),andBürger'sDerwildeJäger,translatedasTheWildHuntsman(1796).
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