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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... There stood the Kaatskill mountains—there ran the silver Hudsonata distance—there was every hill and daleprecisely as it had always been. Rip was sorely perplexed. “Thatflagon last night,” thought he, “has addled mypoor head sadly!” It ...
... There stood the Kaatskill mountains—there ran the silver Hudsonata distance—there was every hill and daleprecisely as it had always been. Rip was sorely perplexed. “Thatflagon last night,” thought he, “has addled mypoor head sadly!” It ...
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... There wasasilence for a little while, whenan oldmanreplied, in a thin piping voice, “Nicholas Vedder! why, he isdead and gone these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone in that churchyard that used totell allabout him, butthat's ...
... There wasasilence for a little while, whenan oldmanreplied, in a thin piping voice, “Nicholas Vedder! why, he isdead and gone these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone in that churchyard that used totell allabout him, butthat's ...
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... their cheeks: and the selfimportant man in thecocked hat, who, when the alarm wasover, had returnedto thefield, screwed down the corners ofhis mouth, and shook his head—upon which there was a general shaking ofthe head throughout the ...
... their cheeks: and the selfimportant man in thecocked hat, who, when the alarm wasover, had returnedto thefield, screwed down the corners ofhis mouth, and shook his head—upon which there was a general shaking ofthe head throughout the ...
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... there was one species of despotism under which he long groaned, and that was— petticoat government. Happily that was at anend;he had gothisneck out of the yokeof matrimony, andcouldgo in and out whenever he pleased,without dreading the ...
... there was one species of despotism under which he long groaned, and that was— petticoat government. Happily that was at anend;he had gothisneck out of the yokeof matrimony, andcouldgo in and out whenever he pleased,without dreading the ...
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... there was a sweet smileplaying about her lips, and a soft dimpling of the cheek that showed her glance had not been unsatisfactory. Itwas impossible fora girlof the fond ageof eighteen, highly predisposed for loveand matrimony,not tobe ...
... there was a sweet smileplaying about her lips, and a soft dimpling of the cheek that showed her glance had not been unsatisfactory. Itwas impossible fora girlof the fond ageof eighteen, highly predisposed for loveand matrimony,not tobe ...
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