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....

There is a sequestered glen off the east coast of the Hudson, New York state, which has long continued under the sway of some witching power; the neighbourhood abounds with tales, haunted spots and twilight superstitions. But as hapless schoolmaster Ichabod Crane will discover, the wildest of...

Here is the complete and unabridged tale of Ichabod Crane and his ill-fated visit to Sleepy Hollow....

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

Rip Van Winkle lived in a quiet colonial town, and had a habit of attending to everyone else's chores. Henpecked and poor, he goes squirrel hunting in the woods one day....

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

Arriving in the rural Catskill Mountains, the eccentric Ichabod Crane vies for the love of the beautiful Katrina Van Tassel....

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is the most famous supernatural wild chase in all of literature. One of the best-known American short stories, this tale has been produced countless times....

There's a legend in this valley about a ghostly horseman that rides by night. There are many such legends and for schoolteacher Ichabod Crane the darkness of night holds a special fascination...

It’s really very simple. You will sell me your eternal soul and in return I shall make you fabulously rich, powerful, talented and famous for your entire Earthly life. Or maybe even eternity.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is the most famous supernatural wild chase in all of literature....

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.

A veritable library of listening in this splendid collection of American Short Stories! This boxed set includes all stories from Volumes 1, 2 and 3.

„Philipp von Pokanoket" ist die Geschichte eines großen Indianerhäuptlings, der den ersten puritanischen Siedlern mit Großmut, Verständnis und Güte begegnete und ihnen erlaubte, auf seinem Land in Frieden zu verweilen.

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

In The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1820-21), Irving explores the uneasy relationship of an American writer to English literary traditions....

The journey opens with Old Christmas by Washington Irving, a vivid and affectionate portrait of traditional English Yuletide life.

This quintessential classic: the famous tale by Washington Irving of Ichabod Crane, schoolmaster of Sleepy Hollow and his chance encounter with the spectral fiend, the Headless Horseman....

Step into the snowy lanes and firelit halls of an English country Christmas with Old Christmas: Washington Irving’s nostalgic portrait of Yuletide as it once was.

The Washington Irving classic has been rewritten as an "edge of your seat" audio production with updated language for today's audience....