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The quiet Dutch community of Sleepy Hollow lay in the Adirondack mountains on the western shore of the mighty Hudson River in America's colonial period. The solitude of the woods was breathtaking, and not even a schoolmaster was immune from the eerie miasma which everyone knew permeated the dense forest. Written in 1820, Washington Irving's The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow has become a classic of American literature, and has been retold in many different ways. Here is the original, from Irving's own hand. (Summary by Chip)
Read by Chip
Too busy to read? Just don't want to sit down at your computer to read from your favorite classic? Then let others do your reading for you, in our Classic Audio Library Collection! Here you will find most of your favorite classic books, read in an easy format, right from these pages. Just select your favorite, sit back with your favorite beverage, or your favorite school assignment (blech!) and enjoy! Better yet, why not open our classic library text version of the same book and follow along? Just right click on the book title here, and select "Open in a New Tab", to have the text page open. Start the audio by selecting the "Play" icon on the audio bar below the title's summary, then move to the other tab showing the text and follow along.
by Washington Irving
The classic vampire story by Bram Stoker revolves around a struggle between good and evil, tradition and modernity, and lust versus chastity. The author didn't invent vampires, but his novel has so captured the public's imagination that he is rightly considered their popularizer. Listen and you will meet not only the Count himself, but heroes Jonathan Harker and Abraham Van Helsing, plus an array of madmen, psychiatrists, and fair maidens who cross paths with the fanged menace. (Summary by Paula)
by Bram Stoker
(There are 27 Chapters on this player)
A scientist discovers that reanimating the dead corpse of a man is probably not the best use of his time.
by Mary Woolstonecraft Shelley
(There are 24 Chapters on this player)
The Invisible Man (1897) is one of the most famous science fiction novels of all time. Written by H.G. Wells (1866-1946), it tells the story of a scientist who discovers the secret of invisibility and uses it on himself. The story begins as the Invisible Man, with a bandaged face and a heavy coat and gloves, takes a train to lodge in a country inn whilst he tries to discover the antidote and make himself visible again. The book inspired several films and is notable for its vivid descriptions of the invisible man--no mean feat, given that you can't see him! (Summary by Alex Foster)
by H.G. Wells
(There are 29 Chapters on this player)
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. London lawyer Utterson is driven to investigate Edward Hyde, the unlikely protege of his friend Dr Henry Jekyll, suspecting the relationship to be founded on blackmail. The truth is worse than he could have imagined. Jekyll's 'full statement of the case', the final chapter of the book, explores the idea of dual personality that led him to his experiments, and his inexorable and finally fatal descent into evil.
(Summary by David Barnes)
by Robert Louis Stevenson
(There are 10 Chapters in 4 files on this player)
The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells, addressing ideas of society and community, human nature and identity, religion, Darwinism, and eugenics.
When the novel was written in the late 19th century, England's scientific community was engulfed by debates on animal vivisection. Interest groups were even formed to tackle the issue: the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection was formed two years after the publication of the novel. The novel is presented as a discovered manuscript, introduced by the narrator's nephew; it then 'transcribes' the tale. (Summary from Wikipedia)
by H.G. Wells
(There are 22 Chapters on this player)
H.G. Wells
