The Complete Works of Washington Irving

Download or read book The Complete Works of Washington Irving written by Washington Irving and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 6309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique and meticulously edited collection of Washington Irving's greatest works includes: INTRODUCTION SPEECH: NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 18, 1842 by Charles Dickens_x000D_ COLLECTIONS OF SHORT STORIES:_x000D_ THE SKETCH BOOK OF GEOFFREY CRAYON, GENT._x000D_ Rip Van Winkle_x000D_ The Legend of Sleepy Hollow_x000D_ Old Christmas_x000D_ Roscoe_x000D_ The Wife_x000D_ TALES OF A TRAVELLER_x000D_ Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman_x000D_ Buckthorne and His Friends_x000D_ The Italian Banditti_x000D_ The Money Diggers_x000D_ BRACEBRIDGE HALL_x000D_ The Busy Man_x000D_ The Widow_x000D_ The Lovers_x000D_ Family Reliques_x000D_ An Old Soldier_x000D_ WOLFERT'S ROOST AND MISCELLANIES_x000D_ THE CRAYON PAPERS_x000D_ TRAVEL SKETCHES AND MEMOIRS:_x000D_ TALES OF THE ALHAMBRA_x000D_ ABBOTSFORD AND NEWSTEAD ABBY_x000D_ A TOUR ON THE PRAIRIES_x000D_ SATIRICAL WORKS:_x000D_ KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK_x000D_ LETTERS OF JONATHAN OLDSTYLE, GENT._x000D_ HISTORICAL WORKS:_x000D_ THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE_x000D_ ASTORIA_x000D_ CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA_x000D_ LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH_x000D_ LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON: VOLUME I_x000D_ THE STUDENT'S LIFE OF WASHINGTON_x000D_ DRAMAS:_x000D_ THE WILD HUNTSMAN_x000D_ ABU HASSAN_x000D_ POEMS:_x000D_ ECHO AND SILENCE_x000D_ ON PASSAIC FALLS_x000D_ RHYMED ADDRESS_x000D_ THE DULL LECTURE_x000D_ TO MISS EMILY FOSTER ON HER BIRTHDAY_x000D_ SONG_x000D_ THE LAY OF THE SUNNYSIDE DUCKS_x000D_ SIGNS OF THE TIMES_x000D_ WRITTEN IN THE DEEP DENE ALBUM_x000D_ EXTRACTS FROM ABU HASSAN_x000D_ SONG FROM THE WILD HUNTSMAN_x000D_ CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN WASHINGTON IRVING AND EDGAR ALLAN POE_x000D_ BIOGRAPHY:_x000D_ WASHINGTON IRVING by Charles Dudley Warner 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.