The Ingoldsby Legends, 2nd Series


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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 the first series) (6 hr 22 min)

Chapters

To Richard Bentley, Esq. 3:46 Read by Noreen
The Black Mousquetaire 42:04 Read by Martha H. Weller
Sir Rupert the Fearless 20:03 Read by Martha H. Weller
The Merchant of Venice 23:45 Read by Martha H. Weller
The Auto-da-fe 40:26 Read by Martha H. Weller
The Ingoldsby Penance! 28:41 Read by Martha H. Weller
Netley Abbey 9:55 Read by Martha H. Weller
Fragment 3:07 Read by Alan Mapstone
Nell Cook 16:30 Read by Martha H. Weller
Nursery Reminiscences 3:07 Read by Martha H. Weller
Aunt Fanny 16:52 Read by Martha H. Weller
Misadventures at Margate 8:53 Read by Noreen
The Smuggler's Leap 12:56 Read by Martha H. Weller
Bloudie Jacke of Shrewsberrie 16:40 Read by Martha H. Weller
The Babes in the Wood 9:16 Read by czandra
The Dead Drummer 20:26 Read by Martha H. Weller
A Row in an Omnibus (Box) 9:23 Read by czandra
The Lay of St. Cuthbert 25:09 Read by Martha H. Weller
The Lay of St. Aloys 21:02 Read by czandra
The Lay of the Old Woman Clothed in Grey 31:29 Read by Ben Tucker
Raising the Devil 3:27 Read by Alan Mapstone
Saint Medard 15:33 Read by Noreen