| Descript |
xxxvii, 798 p. ; 22 cm |
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| Contents |
Rip Van Winkle -- The spectre bridegroom -- The legend of Sleepy Hollow -- The stout gentleman -- The student of Salamanca -- Annette Delarbre -- Dolph Heyliger -- The great unknown (a preface) -- The hunting-dinner -- The adventure of my uncle -- The adventure of my aunt -- The bold dragoon; or the adventure of my grandfather -- Adventure of the German student -- Adventure of the mysterious picture -- Adventure of the mysterious stranger -- The story of the young Italian -- 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 -- The inn at Terracina -- Adventure of the little antiquary -- The belated travellers -- 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 -- Hell gate -- Kidd the pirate -- The devil and Tom Walker -- Wolfert Webber, or golden dreams -- Adventure of the Black fisherman -- The adventure of the mason -- Legend of the Arabian astrologer -- Legend of Prince Ahmed Al Kamel -- Legend of the Moor's legacy -- Legend of the three beautiful princesses -- Legend of the rose of the Alhambra -- The governor and the notary -- Governor Manco and the soldier -- Legend of the two discreet statues -- Spanish romance -- The legend of the enchanted soldier -- Wolfert's roost -- The Creole village -- Mountjoy -- The widow's ordeal -- The Grand Prior of Minorca -- A contented man -- Guests from Gibbet Island -- The early experiences of Ralph Ringwood -- The Count Van Horn -- Don Juan: a spectral research -- Legend of the engulphed convent -- The Phantom Island. |
| Summary |
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.--Publisher description. |
| Subject |
Fantasy fiction, American.
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Short stories, American.
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Short stories. |
| Alt Author |
Neider, Charles, 1915- editor.
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| ISBN |
0306808404 (alk. paper) |
| LC CARD # |
97034555 |
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