The Complete Works of Washington Irving: Short Stories, Plays, Historical Works, Poetry and Autobiographical Writings (Illustrated) (ePub)

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Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the 19th century. He is best known for his short stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of George Washington and Oliver Goldsmith, and several histories of 15th-century Spain, dealing with subjects such as the Moors and the Alhambra.
Contents:
INTRODUCTION SPEECH: NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 18, 1842 by Charles Dickens
COLLECTIONS OF SHORT STORIES:
THE SKETCH BOOK OF GEOFFREY CRAYON, GENT.
Rip Van Winkle
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Old Christmas
Roscoe
The Wife
TALES OF A TRAVELLER
Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman
Buckthorne and His Friends
The Italian Banditti
The Money Diggers
BRACEBRIDGE HALL
The Busy Man
The Widow
The Lovers
Family Reliques
An Old Soldier
WOLFERT'S ROOST AND MISCELLANIES
THE CRAYON PAPERS
TRAVEL SKETCHES AND MEMOIRS:
TALES OF THE ALHAMBRA
ABBOTSFORD AND NEWSTEAD ABBY
A TOUR ON THE PRAIRIES
SATIRICAL WORKS:
KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK
LETTERS OF JONATHAN OLDSTYLE, GENT.
HISTORICAL WORKS:
THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE
ASTORIA
CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA
LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH
LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON: VOLUME I
THE STUDENT'S LIFE OF WASHINGTON
DRAMAS:
THE WILD HUNTSMAN
ABU HASSAN
POEMS:
ECHO AND SILENCE
ON PASSAIC FALLS
RHYMED ADDRESS
THE DULL LECTURE
TO MISS EMILY FOSTER ON HER BIRTHDAY
SONG
THE LAY OF THE SUNNYSIDE DUCKS
SIGNS OF THE TIMES
WRITTEN IN THE DEEP DENE ALBUM
EXTRACTS FROM ABU HASSAN
SONG FROM THE WILD HUNTSMAN
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN WASHINGTON IRVING AND EDGAR ALLAN POE
BIOGRAPHY:
WASHINGTON IRVING by Charles Dudley Warner