The Complete Travel Sketches and Memoirs of Washington Irving (ePub)

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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.

Contents:

SPEECH: NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 18, 1842 by Charles Dickens

BIOGRAPHY OF WASHINGTON IRVING

TALES OF THE ALHAMBRA

ABBOTSFORD AND NEWSTEAD ABBY

Abbotsford

Newstead Abbey

Arrival at the Abbey

Abbey Garden

Plough Monday

Old Servants

Superstitions of the Abbey

Annesley Hall

The Lake

Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest

Rook Cell

Little White Lady

A TOUR ON THE PRAIRIES

TALES OF A TRAVELLER

Part I: Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman

The Great Unknown

The Hunting Dinner

The Adventure of My Uncle

The Adventure of My Aunt

The Bold Dragoon, or the Adventure of My Grandfather

The Adventure of the German Student

The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture

The Adventure of the Mysterious Stranger

The Story of the Young Italian

Part II: Buckthorne and His Friends

Literary Life

A Literary Dinner

The Club of Queer Fellows

The Poor Devil Author

Notoriety

A Practical Philosopher

Buckthorne, or the Young Man of Great Expectations

Grave Reflections of a Disappointed Man

The Booby Squire

The Strolling Manager

Part III: The Italian Banditti

The Inn at Terracina

The Adventure of the Little Antiquary

The Belated Travellers

The Adventure of the Popkins Family

The Painter's Adventure

The Story of the Bandit Chieftain

The Story of the Young Robber

The Adventure of the Englishman

Part IV: The Money Diggers

Hell Gate

Kidd the PirateThe Devil and Tom Walker

Wolfert Webber, or Golden Dreams

The Adventure of the Black Fisherman

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN WASHINGTON IRVING AND EDGAR ALLAN POE