The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow

By: Washington Irving

Narrated by: Martin Jarvis

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. It tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a lean, lanky, and extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, who competes with Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, the town rowdy, for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and sole child of a wealthy farmer, Baltus Van Tassel. As Crane leaves a party he attended at the Van Tassel home on an autumn night, he is pursued by the Headless Horseman, who is supposedly the ghost of a Hessian trooper who had his head shot off by a stray cannonball during "some nameless battle" of the American Revolutionary War, and who "rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head".

Beloved Story

I have loved this story since I was in gradeschool. Enjoy hearing it often, never tire of the tale.

A very good performance

I really enjoyed this reading of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. they added some music to it and creepy elements that I really liked.

Good reading

I liked Martin Jarvis as the narrator and enjoyed the little sound effects and music as well. May not be for everyone but I enjoyed it.

Got Bored

Would you listen to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow again? Why?

Honestly, I'm not a fan of the story. The narration was good, albeit a little cheesey, but not engaging enough to get and keep my interest.

Excellent narrator, lame effects

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Martin Jarvis does an excellent reading here, but the attempt to dramatize the story with the use of music and additional voice actors posing as witches and singers took away from the quality of the audiobook. The story doesn't need help to amplify the creepiness. The additional narrator summarized each "chapter" before it started. Why? It's a very short story and simple to understand. The witches were lame and the songs were painful to listen to. I felt it was an attempt to beef up the story and the length of the program, but very poorly executed.