The Ingoldsby Legends, 1st Series


Read by Grant Hurlock

(2.5 stars; 2 reviews)

The Ingoldsby Legends are a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry supposedly written by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, actually a pen-name of Richard Harris Barham.

The legends were first printed in 1837 as a regular series in Bentley's Miscellany and later in New Monthly Magazine. The legends were illustrated by John Leech and George Cruikshank. They proved immensely popular and were compiled into books published in 1840, 1842 and 1847 by Richard Bentley. They remained popular through the Victorian era but have since fallen out of fame. An omnibus edition appeared in 1879: The Ingoldsby Legends; or Mirth and marvels. (Summary from Wikipedia) (9 hr 40 min)

Chapters

01 - Prefaces to 1st & 2nd Editions 9:46 Read by Grant Hurlock
02 - The Spectre of Tappington - Part 1 39:14 Read by Grant Hurlock
03 - The Spectre of Tappington - Part 2 37:09 Read by Grant Hurlock
04 - The Hand of Glory - The Nurse's Story 15:32 Read by Grant Hurlock
05 - 'Look at the Clock!' - Patty Morgan the Milkmaid's Story 17:25 Read by Grant Hurlock
06 - Grey Dolphin - Part 1 29:54 Read by Grant Hurlock
07 - Grey Dolphin - Part 2 27:18 Read by Grant Hurlock
08 - The Ghost 18:43 Read by Grant Hurlock
09 - The Cynotaph 12:44 Read by Grant Hurlock
10 - The Leech of Folkestone - Mrs. Botherby's Story - Part 1 37:31 Read by Grant Hurlock
11 - The Leech of Folkestone - Mrs. Botherby's Story - Part 2 39:17 Read by Grant Hurlock
12 - Legend of Hamilton Tighe 8:14 Read by Grant Hurlock
13 - The Witches' Frolic 31:13 Read by Grant Hurlock
14 - Singular Passage in the Life of the Late Henry Harris, D.D. - Part 1 36:18 Read by Grant Hurlock
15 - Singular Passage in the Life of the Late Henry Harris, D.D. - Part 2 27:48 Read by Grant Hurlock
16 - The Jackdaw of Rheims 9:52 Read by Grant Hurlock
17 - A Lay of St. Dunstan 20:09 Read by Grant Hurlock
18 - A Lay of St. Gengulphus 21:34 Read by Grant Hurlock
19 - The Lay of St. Odille 14:24 Read by Grant Hurlock
20 - A Lay of St. Nicholas 16:17 Read by Grant Hurlock
21 - The Lady Rohesia 19:46 Read by Grant Hurlock
22 - The Tragedy 8:29 Read by Grant Hurlock
23 - Mr. Barney Maguire's Account of the Coronation 7:22 Read by Grant Hurlock
24 - The 'Monstre' Balloon 8:13 Read by Grant Hurlock
25 - The Execution - Hon. Mr. Sucklethumbkin's Story 9:31 Read by Grant Hurlock
26 - Some Account of a New Play 19:44 Read by Grant Hurlock
27 - The Bagman's Dog - Mr. Peters's Story 35:46 Read by Grant Hurlock
28 - Appendix 1:38 Read by Grant Hurlock

Reviews


(4 stars)

The reader does speak monotonously, but clearly. I found speeding up the recording helped a great deal. There are chunks of Latin that my vague memory of high school Latin says was pronounced correctly. The legends themselves were entertaining. Surprised this isn't more widely remembered.

to boring


(1 stars)

The man's voice made whole story boring