Bonus: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | 2
The Hollow
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4.7 • 899 Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Heather Ordover narrates legendary American author Washington Irving’s enduring classic, “Sleepy Hollow,” originally published in 1820 in Irving’s collection, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. The tale, among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity, is set in 1790 in the countryside around the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town (historical Tarrytown, New York), in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow. Sleepy Hollow is renowned for its ghosts and the haunting atmosphere that pervades the imaginations of its inhabitants and visitors. The most infamous spectre in the Hollow is the Headless Horseman, said to be 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.” Produced by Chilling Tales for Dark Nights.“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
Author: Washington Irving
Narrator: Heather Ordover
Ichabod Crane: Jesse Cornett
Other Voices: Jesse Cornett
Sound Design: Jesse Cornett
Post-Production: Jesse CornettAudio production © 2014 Chilling Entertainment, LLC
Story © Washington Irving (public domain)
Music Credits: Kevin McLeod
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| 0:22.8 | If you liked listening to The Hollow, then you probably know it was based on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, |
| 0:28.0 | a short story written by Washington Irving, 200 years ago. It is one of the most famous scary stories |
| 0:34.0 | of all time. We presented here as an book in its original text. A warning to |
| 0:38.8 | all mortals. What you're about to hear is a tale from 1820. Many things have changed in our culture |
| 0:44.3 | since then. You're going to hear some outdated language, some outdated gender roles, and references |
| 0:49.7 | to things like corporal punishment in schools and bullying behavior. Also, it's kind of scary. Listener |
| 0:56.1 | discretion is advised. It is remarkable that the visionary propensity I have mentioned is not |
| 1:05.2 | confined to the native inhabitants of the valley, but is unconsciously imbibed by everyone who resides there for a time. |
| 1:15.0 | However wide awake they may have been before they entered that sleepy region, they are sure, |
| 1:21.1 | in a little time, to inhale the witching influence of the air, and begin to grow imaginative, to dream dreams, |
| 1:32.5 | and see apparitions. |
| 1:35.2 | I mention this peaceful spot with all possible laud, for it is in such little retired Dutch |
| 1:43.3 | valleys found here and there emboomsomed in the great state of New York, |
| 1:47.6 | that population, manners, and customs remain fixed, |
| 1:52.7 | while the great torrent of migration and improvement, |
| 1:56.6 | which is making such incessant changes in other parts of this restless country, |
| 2:01.5 | sweeps by them unobserved. |
| 2:04.1 | They are like those little nooks of still water which border a rapid stream, |
| 2:10.3 | where we may see the straw and bubble riding quietly at anchor, |
| 2:14.8 | or slowly revolving in their mimic harbor, undisturbed by the rush of the passing |
| 2:21.5 | current, though many years have elapsed since I trod the drowsy shades of sleepy hollow, yet I question |
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