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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

By: Washington Irving
Narrated by: David Ian Davies
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Tall, gangling schoolmaster Ichabod Crane, both educated and highly superstitious, comes to live and teach in the quiet, rural town known as Sleepy Hollow in the Catskill Mountains of New York. There, he falls in love with the daughter of wealthy farmer Van Tassel. But he must compete with the much admired, waggish ruffian Brom Bones, whom he encounters - with absolute terror and belief - in the guise of the much storied and feared specter... The Headless Horseman.

Public Domain (P)2009 One Voice Recordings Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Classics

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In Washington Irving's classic ghost tale first published in 1820, the superstitious schoolmaster Ichabod Crane moves to small, isolated, and haunted Sleepy Hollow, where he competes with a local ruffian for the hand of Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter of a wealthy farmer. Until, one night, riding alone, Crane encounters a cloaked rider whose head is not on his shoulders, but in his saddle - the feared specter of the Headless Horseman. Renowned Shakespearean actor David Ian Davies brings ample suspense to this nuanced performance which is sure to leave listeners with goose bumps.
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just didn't really understand a lot of the things going on and not really my thing

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Obviously many film/TV productions embellish their source materials, but I want expecting such a dull story. Beautiful description but underwhelming story imo. I guess that's on me not researching before 🤷

Performance was good generally, but there where a few bits where audio had been obviously clipped in in post.

Fine

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Most old stories start slow to build the scene before horror elements set in. This one takes this too far. It is a very short story but 2/3 is all waffle.
The narrator has old English academic voice with odd inflections that do not help matters.

Surprisingly dull

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I thought this would be a lovely quick listen, especially as it was free, but I found the cadence of the narrator too distracting. Unfortunately he didn’t seem to pause at natural points in the narrative. It did get better towards the end and I’m not sure if it is due to the narrators style or if the recording had been edited badly but I think I would have asked for a refund had I paid for it.

Love the story but found the narrator distracting

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The story is a classic, but this recording is sub-par. The voice artist sounds like a text-to-speech program, not a real person. The audio quality isn't great and the edits are very obvious in many places. Glad it was only 1 hour (and free!)

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