Washington Irving

As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, Halloween approaches. Come, brave listener, pull up a chair, and spend some time with master storyteller Stephen Fry as he tells us some of his favourite ghost stories of all time, in truly terrifying spatial audio....

Tom Mison, star of the hit Fox series Sleepy Hollow, narrates the classic Washington Irving short story....

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories" by Washington Irving is a collection of classic American tales that delve into the supernatural, folklore, and early American life.

Included. The Apparition Of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe,. Alice Addertongue by Benjamin Franklin,. The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving,...

In this series we listen to short stories that are NOT by perhaps the most well-known author of this type. But the many other rich talents in the volume may have treated the subject matter a little differently, or were perhaps just overlooked in the stampede to applaud the winner.

Contents: - Washington Irving. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Edgar Allan Poe. The Gold Bug - Herman Melville. Bartleby, the Scrivener - Bret Harte ...

The rollicking tale of Ichabod Crane and his ill-fated courtship of Katrina Van Tassel has become a classic ghost story....

The Ultimate Ghost Stories Collection is a fully indexed collection of classic ghost stories, read by three Audie-winning narrators. Included here are stories by Henry James, M.R. James, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton and Washington Irving....

Celebrate the magic and warmth of the holiday season with The Essential Christmas Collection, a curated anthology of timeless stories that capture the spirit of Christmas.

In John Bull hat sich im Laufe der Zeit ein fiktionaler Charakter entwickelt, auf den sich in England so ziemlich jeder bei allen nur denkbaren Gelegenheiten beruft, um damit für ein eigenes Fehlverhalten gleichzeitig eine Entschuldigung, Erklärung und Rechtfertigung parat zu haben.

This charming and long forgotten holiday classic was inspired, in part, by Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and other celebrations of old-time Yule. Splendid suppers, rural churches, cheerful dances, and hearty spirits imbue this short novel with the magic of the season....

Of all the ghostly lore that bedevils Sleepy Hollow, none terrifies more than the galloping spectre of the Headless Horseman. Few in the haunted glen are as susceptible to the tale as the superstitious schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane....

In a quiet valley where time moves a little slower and shadows fall a little longer, a tale has been whispered for generations.

What happens when a man simply steps away for a quiet walk in the mountains—only to return and find the world utterly changed?

Der amerikanische Prosa-Künstler Washington Irving hat mit seinen Erzählungen einen prägenden Einfluss auf die amerikanische Literatur ausgeübt.

The story pits the new schoolmaster Ichabod Crane against the local hero and bully, Brom Bones, for the hand of Katrina Van Tassel....

After Van Winkle drinks to excess on the sly, he falls into a deep sleep beneath a tree. He awakens to find it is 20 years later - and the American Revolution has occured as he slept....

One of the most entertaining travelogues ever written....

Anjelica Huston narrates this haunting early American tale from Washington Irving following the likable but lazy Rip Van Winkle into the mysterious Catskill Mountains....

Wander through echoing courts and jasmine-scented halls, where the whisper of Moorish kings still lingers in the painted air.