The Complete Tales Of Washington IrvingHachette Books, 09/09/2009 - 840 من الصفحات Washington Irving (1783-1859) was the first American literary artist to earn his living solely through his writings and the first to enjoy international acclaim. In addition to his long public service as a diplomat, Irving was amazingly prolific: His collected works fill forty volumes that encompass essays, history, travel writings, and multi-volume biographies of Columbus and Washington. But it is Irving's mastery of suspense, characterization, tempo, and irony that transforms his fiction into virtuoso performances, earning him his reputation as the father of the American short story. Charles Neider has gathered all sixty-one of Irving's tales, originally scattered throughout his many collections of nonfiction essays and sketches, into one magnificent volume. Together, they reveal his wide range: besides the expected classics like "Rip Van Winkle," "The Spectre Bridegroom," "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," and "The Devil and Tom Walker," his fiction embraces realistic tales, ghost stories, parodies, legends, fables, and satires. For those familiar only with secondhand retellings of Irving's most famous tales, this collection offers the opportunity to step inside Washington Irving's imagination and partake of its innumerable and timeless pleasures. |
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... Ihave already written; and I feel bynomeans satisfied torestmy reputation on my preceding writings. Ihave suffered several precious years of youth and lively imagination to pass by unimproved, andit behooves me to make the mostofwhat is ...
... Ihave already written; and I feel bynomeans satisfied torestmy reputation on my preceding writings. Ihave suffered several precious years of youth and lively imagination to pass by unimproved, andit behooves me to make the mostofwhat is ...
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... Ihave butone thing to add.I have now given you the leading motiveofmy actions—it maybe a weak one, but it has full possessionofme,and thereforethe attainment of itis necessary to my comfort. I now wish tobeleft for alittle while ...
... Ihave butone thing to add.I have now given you the leading motiveofmy actions—it maybe a weak one, but it has full possessionofme,and thereforethe attainment of itis necessary to my comfort. I now wish tobeleft for alittle while ...
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... I have attempted nolofty theme, norsought to look wise and learned, which appears to be very much the fashion among our American writers at present. I have preferred addressing myself to the feeling and fancyof thereader morethan to ...
... I have attempted nolofty theme, norsought to look wise and learned, which appears to be very much the fashion among our American writers at present. I have preferred addressing myself to the feeling and fancyof thereader morethan to ...
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... I have heard from my brother William, and I am apt to attribute his silenceto dissatisfaction at my not accepting the ... Ihave not the kind of knowledge or the habits that are necessary forbusinessor regularofficialduty. My acquirements ...
... I have heard from my brother William, and I am apt to attribute his silenceto dissatisfaction at my not accepting the ... Ihave not the kind of knowledge or the habits that are necessary forbusinessor regularofficialduty. My acquirements ...
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... I have considered thestudy of politics, the moreI have founditfull of perplexity; and I have contented myself, asI have in my religion, with the faith in which I was brought up, regulating my own conduct by itsprecepts, butleavingto ...
... I have considered thestudy of politics, the moreI have founditfull of perplexity; and I have contented myself, asI have in my religion, with the faith in which I was brought up, regulating my own conduct by itsprecepts, butleavingto ...
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