Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of "The Complete Short Stories of Washington Irving (Illustrated Edition)". This ebook 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, 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:
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
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