The Complete Short Stories of Washington Irving (Illustrated Edition)

ISBN-13: 9788027384297 / Angielski / Miękka / 1124 str.

Washington Irving

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This carefully edited collection of "THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES OF WASHINGTON IRVING (Illustrated Edition)" has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer and diplomat. Contents: - INTRODUCTION SPEECH: NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 18, 1842 by Charles Dickens - THE SKETCH BOOK OF GEOFFREY CRAYON, GENT. - The Voyage - Roscoe - The Wife - Rip van Winkle - English Writers on America - Rural Life in England - The Broken Heart - The Art of Book-making - A Royal Poet - The Country Church - The Widow and Her Son - A Sunday in London - The Boar's Head Tavern, Eastcheap - The Mutability of Literature - Rural Funerals - The Inn Kitchen - The Spectre Bridegroom - Westminster Abbey - Christmas - The Stage Coach - Christmas Eve - Christmas Day - The Christmas Dinner - London Antiques - Little Britain - Stratford-on-Avon - Traits of Indian Character - Philip of Pokanoket - John Bull - The Pride of The Village - The Angler - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - L'Envoy - BRACEBRIDGE HALL - The Hall - The Busy Man - Family Servants - The Widow - The Lovers - Family Reliques - An Old Soldier - The Widow's Retinue - Ready-Money Jack - Bachelors - A Literary Antiquary - The Farmhouse - Horsemanship - Love Symptoms - Falconry - Hawking - Fortune-Telling - Love-Charms - A Bachelor's Confessions - Gipsies - Village Worthies - The Schoolmaster - The School - A Village Politician - The Rookery - May-Day - The Culprit - Lover's Troubles - The Wedding - The Stout Gentleman - The Student of Salamanca - Annette Delarbre - Dolph Heyliger - TALES OF A TRAVELLER - Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman - Buckthorne and His Friends - The Italian Banditti - The Money Diggers - WOLFERT'S ROOST AND MISCELLANIES...