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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... returned to New Yorkearly in 1806. In the fall he was admitted tothe bar but hewas never seriously to practice law. In 1807 he attended thetrial fortreason ofAaronBurr in Richmond, Virginia. His father diedOctober 25, 1807, when ...
... returned to New Yorkearly in 1806. In the fall he was admitted tothe bar but hewas never seriously to practice law. In 1807 he attended thetrial fortreason ofAaronBurr in Richmond, Virginia. His father diedOctober 25, 1807, when ...
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... returned toSunnyside and soon resumed work on his biography of Washington. InJuly1848, when he was sixtyfive,he agreedto issue a revised, uniform edition ofhisworks. Inthat yearJohn Jacob Astor, at Irving's suggestion, founded the Astor ...
... returned toSunnyside and soon resumed work on his biography of Washington. InJuly1848, when he was sixtyfive,he agreedto issue a revised, uniform edition ofhisworks. Inthat yearJohn Jacob Astor, at Irving's suggestion, founded the Astor ...
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... returned to the more important concerns of the election. Rip's daughter took him hometo livewithher; shehada snug, wellfurnished house, and astout, cheery farmerfor a husband,whom Riprecollected for one of the urchins that used to climb ...
... returned to the more important concerns of the election. Rip's daughter took him hometo livewithher; shehada snug, wellfurnished house, and astout, cheery farmerfor a husband,whom Riprecollected for one of the urchins that used to climb ...
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... returning one night from the neighboring village ofSing Sing,he had been overtaken by this midnight trooper; that he had offered to race with him fora bowl of punch, and should havewon it too, forDaredevil beat the goblin horse all ...
... returning one night from the neighboring village ofSing Sing,he had been overtaken by this midnight trooper; that he had offered to race with him fora bowl of punch, and should havewon it too, forDaredevil beat the goblin horse all ...
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