Hello there, I know it’s been a while since my last publicatio, but I have been a Little bussy, today I am bringing you some readings for Halloween, I do expect you’ll find them interesting, lets begin
THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW (WASHINGTON IRVING)
This first tale bring us to a really calm village settled in a valley called Sleepy hollow, here we find a group of Dutch settlers who love horror stories and legends, and their most famous ghost is a headless rider, who lost his head during the Independence war against England; one day Ichabod Crane, the new teacher arrives to the villaje and falls in love with Katrina Van Tasel, a rich heiress, but he will have to race with other man for Katrina’s love, until one All Hallows day when Katrina’s father gives a party where everyone tells ghost stories, and all this makes Ichabod feel terrified, which would be worse when he goes back home…
Quite well known short story by Washington Irving full of imagination and horror elementes: a small valley that seems a peacefull place until night falls and the ghost rider appears looking for his head.
Apparently there is a small base in reallity, since the valley actually exist, and the story of the rider might have a real base on a battle that took place there.
CARMILLA (JOSEPH SERIDAN LE FANU)
In this second short story, we find a family which recibes a strange girl, at the begining all the situation seems normal until an old friend of the family comes to visit them and then they will find the girl is not what she seemed at first.
One of the classic vampire tales, it is quite interesting thanks to the picture of the female vampire we can see during the whole story.
MAESE PÉREZ EL ORGANISTA (GUSTAVO ADOLFO BÉQUER)
In this case we find a short story settle in Sevilla (Spain), here we se how Maese Pérez, the organist of the Cathedral of Sevilla, will go to play the instrument when he is deathly sick, while he is playing maese Pérez will die and the following year the people will have a surprise during the Christmas mass.
This is an example of the Spanish romanticism, and actually I am not sure if it is translate into Engish, but it is a good example of a ghost story, specially when the story goes on and we can see how everything ends
I do really expect you to find any of this stories interesting to read in Halloween
