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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... window. A tall figure stood among the shadows of the trees. As it raised its head, a beam of moonlight fell upon the countenance. Heaven and earth! she beheld the Spectre Bridegroom! A loud shriek at that moment burst upon her ear, and ...
... window. A tall figure stood among the shadows of the trees. As it raised its head, a beam of moonlight fell upon the countenance. Heaven and earth! she beheld the Spectre Bridegroom! A loud shriek at that moment burst upon her ear, and ...
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... window was open, and the bird had flown! The astonishment and concern with which the intelligence was received can only be imagined by those who have witnessed the agitation which the mishaps of a great man cause among his friends. Even ...
... window was open, and the bird had flown! The astonishment and concern with which the intelligence was received can only be imagined by those who have witnessed the agitation which the mishaps of a great man cause among his friends. Even ...
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... window—had wooed—had won— had borne away in triumph—and, in a word, had wedded the fair. Under any other ... windows grated. One of them was particularly mortified at having her marvellous story marred, and that the only spectre she had ...
... window—had wooed—had won— had borne away in triumph—and, in a word, had wedded the fair. Under any other ... windows grated. One of them was particularly mortified at having her marvellous story marred, and that the only spectre she had ...
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... windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copy-books. It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours by a withe twisted in the handle of the door, and stakes set against the window—shutters; so that, though a thief ...
... windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copy-books. It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours by a withe twisted in the handle of the door, and stakes set against the window—shutters; so that, though a thief ...
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... window and crevice of which seemed bursting forth with the treasures of the farm; the flail was busily re— sounding within it from morning till night; swallows and martins skimmed twittering about the eaves; and rows of pigeons, some ...
... window and crevice of which seemed bursting forth with the treasures of the farm; the flail was busily re— sounding within it from morning till night; swallows and martins skimmed twittering about the eaves; and rows of pigeons, some ...
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THE STUDENT OF SALAMANGA | 66 |
ANNETTE DELARBRE | 122 |
DOLPH HEYLIGER | 139 |
Strange Stories lay a N ervons Gentleman | 195 |
LEGEND OF PRINCE AHMED AL KAMEL | 512 |
LEGEND OF THE MOORS LEGACY | 536 |
LEGEND OF THE THREE BEAUTIFUL PRINCESSES | 557 |
LEGEND OF THE ROSE OF THE ALHAMBRA | 574 |
THE GOVERNOR AND THE NOTARY | 586 |
GOVERNOR MANCO AND THE SOLDIER | 593 |
LEGEND OP THE TWO DISCREET STATUES | 606 |
SPANISH ROMANCE | 620 |
THE ADVENTURE OF MY UNCLE | 201 |
Grandfather | 215 |
ADVENTURE OF THE GERMAN STUDENT | 223 |
Buckthorne and H is Friends | 267 |
MAN | 337 |
The Italian Banditti | 359 |
THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGLISHMAN | 421 |
oneyDiggers | 429 |
THE ADVENTURE OF THE MASON | 491 |
WOLFERTS ROOST | 640 |
THE CREOLE VILLAGE | 654 |
THE WIDOWS ORDEAL | 693 |
A CONTENTED MAN | 717 |
THE EARLY EXPERIENCES OP RALPH RINGWOOD | 732 |
THE COUNT VAN HORN | 758 |
LEGEND OP THE ENGULPHED CONVENT | 777 |
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