The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Washington Irving | TORN PAGES

In a drowsy Dutch valley on the Hudson, the lank, credulous schoolmaster Ichabod Crane courts the plump heiress Katrina Van Tassel, whose other suitor is the roaring horseman Brom Bones. Invited to a harvest frolic at her father's farm, Ichabod eats, dances and listens to fireside tales of the Headless Horseman who haunts the church bridge. Then he rides home alone through the witching hours. A dramatized adaptation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (Project Gutenberg #41, public domain in the USA). The characters' dialogue is performed by the video model from described intent, not the source's exact words. Visuals: Seedance 2.5 via Higgsfield from Grok Imagine reference sheets. Music: ElevenLabs. Direction: anthropic/claude-fable-5.1 (casting), anthropic/claude-fable-5.1 (treatment), anthropic/claude-fable-5.1 (plan).