Lectura de un cuento corto

Dear Students,
during the classes we are going to read a short story.  It is called "The legends of  sleepy hollow".  The author of the story is Washington Irving. 

Here you have the tasks you have to do.

Tasks:
First of all you have to obtain the book  (original or copies). 

This is the cover of the book:

Then, you have to find information about the author, when he wrote the book and the cultural context. 

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...A quote about reading to think about:

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” G. Marx.