The Complete Works of Washington Irving: Short Stories, Plays, Historical Works, Poetry and Autobiographical Writings (Illustrated) : The Entire Opus of the Prolific American Writer, Biographer and Hi EPUB

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Works of Washington Irving: Short Stories, Plays, Historical Works, Poetry and Autobiographical Writings (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. 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. Contents:INTRODUCTION SPEECH: NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 18, 1842 by Charles DickensCOLLECTIONS OF SHORT STORIES:THE SKETCH BOOK OF GEOFFREY CRAYON, GENT. Rip Van WinkleThe Legend of Sleepy HollowOld ChristmasRoscoeThe WifeTALES OF A TRAVELLERStrange Stories by a Nervous GentlemanBuckthorne and His FriendsThe Italian BandittiThe Money DiggersBRACEBRIDGE HALLThe Busy ManThe WidowThe LoversFamily ReliquesAn Old SoldierWOLFERT'S ROOST AND MISCELLANIESTHE CRAYON PAPERSTRAVEL SKETCHES AND MEMOIRS:TALES OF THE ALHAMBRAABBOTSFORD AND NEWSTEAD ABBYA TOUR ON THE PRAIRIESSATIRICAL WORKS:KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORKLETTERS OF JONATHAN OLDSTYLE, GENT. HISTORICAL WORKS:THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN BONNEVILLEASTORIACHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADALIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITHLIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON: VOLUME ITHE STUDENT'S LIFE OF WASHINGTONDRAMAS:THE WILD HUNTSMANABU HASSANPOEMS:ECHO AND SILENCEON PASSAIC FALLSRHYMED ADDRESSTHE DULL LECTURETO MISS EMILY FOSTER ON HER BIRTHDAYSONGTHE LAY OF THE SUNNYSIDE DUCKSSIGNS OF THE TIMESWRITTEN IN THE DEEP DENE ALBUMEXTRACTS FROM ABU HASSANSONG FROM THE WILD HUNTSMANCORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN WASHINGTON IRVING AND EDGAR ALLAN POEBIOGRAPHY:WASHINGTON IRVING by Charles Dudley Warner