The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Full Audiobook 

Thank you, that's very kind of you.

Thank you. You're very kind.

I'm busy putting together A Christmas Carol for a Thanksgiving release (if all goes well.) I'm also pondering some ghost story collections. Stay tuned!

Thank you very much. That's very kind of you.

@@michaellyons5208 You're very welcome. I could feel the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

Thanks very much. I'm glad you enjoy it.

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Thank you. I'm glad you liked it.

Washington Irving pulled local folklore of the time and combined it with fictional characters in a very real setting with which he was quite familiar. He is in fact buried there. Sleepy Hollow is a brief drive up the Hudson River from New York City. He (supposedly) based Ichabod on a schoolteacher he knew with a different name.

@@michaellyons5208 Oh, okay. That makes sense. Thank you.

@@user-SpyroLinkFan1991 you're very welcome. Thanks so much for listening.

Awww, thanks,

Duly noted

@@michaellyons5208 Pay no heed to that remark above. Monotonous is the last word I'd use for your reading here. I've listened to quite a few readings of this classic tale here on YT and have found that only a few are done very nicely .... yours included.

@@eduardo_corrochio Thank you.

Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

You're welcome! And thank you, you're very kind.

Thank you! It was great fun.

Thanks very much.

Thank you.

Thanks very much. You're very kind.

Thanks, it was fun.

I appreciate the feedback on Irving's original Nineteenth Century text. It's hard to say how it compared to contemporary pieces of the era. It is certainly a period piece of writing with quite a bit of vernacular. Many consider it a classic short story, but I can understand that it isn't everyone's cup of tea.

@@michaellyons5208 I'm often shocked at how overhyped some classic literature is. Specifically american literature seems to be the worst for it. Hemingway, The Great Gatsby, Edgar Allan Poe's poetry is great but almost all of his short stories are not great. All in all american literature is pretty thin pickens and that's why I think stuff like this gets bumped up to classic status.

@@Laocoon283 Understandable.

@@michaellyons5208 do you agree or disagree?

@@Laocoon283 I can't say I fully agree. I guess in part it depends on what merits one draws such a comparison. Many people consider American literature to be rather "podunk and redneck" in comparison to English or European literature. The question is...why is that? Did Irving intend a grand epic with Sleepy Hollow? Most likely not. It was written for popular readers as a fun story inclusive of local people and places. That it became the icon of short stories it is has more to do with the consumers than the quality of the writing, in many ways. In the same way, though, one can easily say that popular music today is all pretty much garbage because it lacks originality and depth. Is Picasso "worse" than Rembrandt? Or is he a product of his time and environment? I guess it really comes down to..."compared to what?"

Duly noted. Thank you.

He's not competing with the sounds at all... There are many TV shows that do however... and movies as well... It's really bad in documentaries THIS IS EXCELLENT

You can hear everything clearly. It just adds to the realism and atmosphere. I'm sure there are other versions without the background noise, that might be more to your tastes? But no need to call something that plenty of people love rediculous. You can tell how much work was put into this! That, at least, surely has to be appreciated?

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it!