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....

Washington Irving’s tale is a plunge into a world of restless spirits, haunted woods, and one of the most unforgettable legends! Feel your pulse pound as you walk alongside Ichabod Crane through misty roads where every shadow hides a secret and every whisper might belong to the Headless Horseman.

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....

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.

"I found myself thus afloat, on the skin of a buffalo, in the midst of a wild river."...

You are probably familiar with the popularized stories of Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, but have you ever heard the original unabridged versions....

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

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....

The story is set circa 1790 in the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town (based on Tarrytown, New York), in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow....

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

In these wonderful short stories, Washington Irving created two of the earliest, most endearing and enduring characters in all of American literature....

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

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

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

Masterpieces of American Literature is a curated collection of twelve iconic novels and stories that highlight the rich diversity and depth of American...

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.

These 2 stories from the pen of one of America's earliest and most popular writers draw upon the myths...

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....

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...