The Complete Tales Of Washington IrvingHachette Books, 9.09.2009 г. - 840 страници 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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... early life at one of thelittle German courts, and were skilledinallthebranchesof knowledge necessary to the education of a fine lady. Under their instructions shebecame a miracle of accomplishments. By the time she was eighteen, she.
... early life at one of thelittle German courts, and were skilledinallthebranchesof knowledge necessary to the education of a fine lady. Under their instructions shebecame a miracle of accomplishments. By the time she was eighteen, she.
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... lady was a patternof docility and correctness. While others were wastingtheir sweetnessinthe glare oftheworld, andliable to be plucked andthrown aside by everyhand,she was coyly blooming into fresh and lovely womanhood under the ...
... lady was a patternof docility and correctness. While others were wastingtheir sweetnessinthe glare oftheworld, andliable to be plucked andthrown aside by everyhand,she was coyly blooming into fresh and lovely womanhood under the ...
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Charles Neider. the whole history of his intended nuptials with a young lady whom he had never seen, but of whose charms he had received the most enrapturing descriptions. As the route of thefriends lay in the same direction,they agreed ...
Charles Neider. the whole history of his intended nuptials with a young lady whom he had never seen, but of whose charms he had received the most enrapturing descriptions. As the route of thefriends lay in the same direction,they agreed ...
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... lady.Hercolor came and went as she listened with deep attention. Now andthen she made some blushing reply, and when his eyewasturned away, she wouldsteal a sidelong glance athis romantic countenance, and heavea gentle sigh of tender ...
... lady.Hercolor came and went as she listened with deep attention. Now andthen she made some blushing reply, and when his eyewasturned away, she wouldsteal a sidelong glance athis romantic countenance, and heavea gentle sigh of tender ...
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... lady was not tobefound. Her room wasempty—the bed had not been slept in—the windowwas open, and thebird had flown! The astonishment and concern withwhichthe intelligence was received canonly be imagined bythosewho have witnessed the ...
... lady was not tobefound. Her room wasempty—the bed had not been slept in—the windowwas open, and thebird had flown! The astonishment and concern withwhichthe intelligence was received canonly be imagined bythosewho have witnessed the ...
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