实际上，这本书由一个叫华盛顿欧文的人写成，他只有26岁，是一名前律师。之后他又写了《沉睡谷传奇》。

Infact, the book had been written by a 26-year-old ex-lawyer namedWashington Irving, who would later pen THE LEGEND OF SLEEPYHOLLOW.

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(华盛顿·欧文，美国作家，1783 - 1859)。

(Washington Irving, American writer, 1783-1859).

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一些多变的人开始怀疑他们把他的兄弟废除掉是不是太不考虑后果了(华盛顿·欧文)。

Some of the fickle populace began to doubt whether they had not been rather precipitate in deposing his brother Washington Irving.

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