Bracebridge Hall - The Humorists, A Medley (Illustrated) (ePub)

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Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists, A Medley was written by Washington Irving in 1821, while he lived in England. This episodic novel is actually a location-based series of character sketches and short stories and it was originally published under his pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon. The tales revolve around the occupants of an English manor, which was occupied by members of the Bracebridge family and which Irving visited.

Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 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. Irving served as the U.S. ambassador to Spain from 1842 to 1846.

Table of Contents:

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