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  • THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW AND TWO MORE STORIES
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    THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW AND TWO MORE STORIES
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    In "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow and Two More Stories" by Washington Irving, readers are invited into a world where folklore and history intertwine with captivating narratives. The anthology opens with "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," where the quaint, mystical town of Sleepy Hollow becomes the backdrop for the tale of Ichabod Crane, a superstitious schoolteacher with an appetite ...

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  • CHARACTER & CULTURE
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    CHARACTER & CULTURE
    BOOKER T. WASHINGTON / IRVING BABBITT
    Character and Culture by Irving Babbitt is the latest volume in the Library of Conservative Thought. Babbitt was the leader of the twentieth-century intellectual and cultural movement called American Humanism or the New Humanism. More than half a century after his death his intellectual staying power remains undiminished. The qualities that marked Irving Babbitt as a thinker an...

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  • THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
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    THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    The original American ghost story  North of New York City lies Sleepy Hollow, a secluded glen rumored to be the home of countless phantoms and specters. Chief among them is the Headless Horseman, the ghost of a Hessian soldier whose head was removed by a stray cannonball in the Revolutionary War. He rides across the glen each night and disappears in a flash of fire and brimston...

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  • A KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK
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    A KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    From the literary satirist and author of Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, an entertaining, fantastical account of the origins of New York.   One of the first important works of American comic literature, this satirical history of New York was initially published to popular acclaim in 1809. Spanning the creation of the world to the end of the "Dutch Dynasty," this...

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  • JINETE SIN CABEZA Y OTROS CUENTOS
    JINETE SIN CABEZA Y OTROS CUENTOS
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    Diviértete con estas pequeñas lecturas de los clásicos para los mas pequeños. ...
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  • HISTORIAS COMICAS DE FANTASMAS
    HISTORIAS COMICAS DE FANTASMAS
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    Escribir una buena historia cómica de fantasmas es, reconocidamente, una de las pruebas literarias más difíciles. Sin embargo, varios grandes autores la han superado con éxito espectacular, así, La leyenda del valle durmiente, de Irving, El fantasma de Canterville de Wilde, El rey Peste, de Poe, se sitúan en las más altas cotas de popularidad en la historia de la narrativa brev...
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  • LA LEYENDA DEL JINETE SIN CABEZA
    LA LEYENDA DEL JINETE SIN CABEZA
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    El pueblo de Sleepy Hollow estaba bajo un hechizo adormecedor; la gente que vivía ahí caminaba soñolienta y era propensa a tener visiones y sueños extraños. Por todo el pueblo existían lugares encantados y supersticiones. Entre todas estas fantasías, había un espectro que sobresalía de todos los demás. Un soldado que por las noches cabalgaba velozmente, asustando a los lugareño...
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  • LA LEYENDA DEL JINETE SIN CABEZA
    LA LEYENDA DEL JINETE SIN CABEZA
    IRVING, WASHINGTON
    En un tranquilo valle del estado de Nueva York, Sleepy Hollow, circulan todo tipo de creencias e historias de fantasmas. La más popular es la leyenda del Jinete sin Cabeza, terrorífico espectro de un soldado cuya cabeza fue arrancada por una bala de cañón. ...
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  • EL JINETE SIN CABEZA Y OTROS CUENTOS
    EL JINETE SIN CABEZA Y OTROS CUENTOS
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    Ichabold crane es el maestro en la escuela de sleepy hollow, y una noche acude a una fiesta que tiene lugar en el hogar de la familia van tassel, y es ahí donde toma conocimientos de las alucinantes relatos que cuentan a los lugareños. De entre ellos destaca la historia del jinete sin cabeza. Del cual se dice que es el espíritu de un soldado que falleció al ser alcanzado por la...
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  • LA VIDA DE MAHOMA
    LA VIDA DE MAHOMA
    IRVING WASHINGTON
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  • RIP VAN WINKLE Y THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
    RIP VAN WINKLE Y THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
    IRVING WASHINGTON
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  • THE LEGENDS OF SLEEPY HOLLOW AND RIP VAN WINKLE INCL. CD
    THE LEGENDS OF SLEEPY HOLLOW AND RIP VAN WINKLE INCL. CD
    IRVING WASHINGTON
    Dos comedias oscuras con temas de fantasmas / misterio que se desarrollan en torno al período de la Guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos. Ichabod Crane es el héroe de The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. De aspecto peculiar y socialmente inepto, este maestro de escuela es una broma para la gente de Sleepy Hollow mientras trata de ganarse el amor de la bella hija de un granjero...
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  • KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK
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    KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    This nineteenth-century novel by the author of Rip Van Winkle offers a satirical history of New York, from the creation of the world to the fall of New Amsterdam. Washington Irving's debut novel, Knickerbocker's History of New York was an immediate sensation when it was first published in 1809. Posing as the work of a fictional Dutch historian named Dietrich Knickerbocker, it b...

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  • CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA
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    CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    The nineteenth-century author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow presents a vivid history of the Granada War, which ended Islamic rule in Spain.   From 1482 to 1492, Catholic monarchs Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon mounted a series of military campaigns against the Nasrid kingdom of Granada.   Washington Irving's acclaimed Chronicles of the Conquest of Granada des...

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  • OLD CHRISTMAS
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    OLD CHRISTMAS
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    In this classic nineteenth-century Christmas story, the author of Rip Van Winkle returns to England and experiences a traditional holiday with friends. First published in Washington Irving's The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., these personal essays offer reflections on the meaning of Christmas and recount the author's time spending the holiday at the home of an old schoo...

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  • TALES OF A TRAVELLER
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    TALES OF A TRAVELLER
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    This collection by the author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow recounts the experiences of an American abroad in the early nineteenth century. In Tales of a Traveller, renowned essayist and short story writer Washington Irving turns his talents to the genre of travel writing. Based on his excursions across Europe, Irving tells of the people he meets in France, England, Italy, and...

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  • OLD CHRISTMAS FROM THE SKETCH BOOK OF WASHINGTON IRVING
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    OLD CHRISTMAS FROM THE SKETCH BOOK OF WASHINGTON IRVING
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    Washington Irving is best known for spooky stories set in the early part of 18th century America but here he looks back to the England that he traveled to in his younger days. There's a grand old country family with it's patriarch who entertains his extended family and even part of the village he heads. ...

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  • THE SHORT STORY
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    THE SHORT STORY
    W. PATTERSON ATKINSON / WASHINGTON IRVING / EDGAR ALLAN POE / NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE / FRANCIS BRET HARTE /  
    Excerpt: "Mankind has always loved to tell stories and to listen to them. The most primitive and unlettered peoples and tribes have always shown and still show this universal characteristic. As far back as written records go we find stories; even before that time, they were handed down from remote generations by oral tradition. The wandering minstrel followed a very ancient pro...

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  • WOLFERT'S ROOST, AND MISCELLANIES
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    WOLFERT'S ROOST, AND MISCELLANIES
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    Washington Irving is a true story teller. In Wolfert's Roost, we get the history behind the house and home he actually created from Wolferts Roost, (His Sunnyside) An amazing glimpse into the history of the Dutch of New York. The other stories in the book are from his living in Spain when he was secretary to the American Ambassador, and when he was the American Ambassador, comb...

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  • SPANISH PAPERS
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    SPANISH PAPERS
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    Spanish Papers is a number of stories and legends covering the history of the Muslim conquest of Spain and the later recovery by Christian forces. These stories are from unpublished manuscripts left by Washington Irving in his will after his death.(Goodreads) ...

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  • TALES OF A TRAVELLER
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    TALES OF A TRAVELLER
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    Tales of a Traveller by Washington Irving is a mostly interesting read. The book is a collection of small stories with the author serving only as a means to hear these tales from other characters in the book. The locales and stories vary greatly, ranging from good fun, to morals of living, to more serious tones of dangers and trials. (Goodreads) ...

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  • THE SKETCH-BOOK OF GEOFFREY CRAYON
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    THE SKETCH-BOOK OF GEOFFREY CRAYON
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., commonly referred to as The Sketch Book, is a collection of 34 essays and short stories written by the American author Washington Irving. It was published serially throughout 1819 and 1820. The collection includes two of Irving's best-known stories, attributed to the fictional Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker: "The Legend of Slee...

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  • KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK, COMPLETE
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    KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK, COMPLETE
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    In 1809, New Yorkers were buzzing about a series of classified ads concerning the whereabouts of Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker. They were unaware that Washington Irving had invented the man entirely and placed the ads himself. Knickerbocker's purported manuscript, A History of New York, was Irving's own. Told from Knickerbocker's point of view, A History of New York is...

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  • CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA, FROM THE MSS. OF FRAY ANTONIO AGAPIDA
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    CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA, FROM THE MSS. OF FRAY ANTONIO AGAPIDA
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    (Excerpt) The history of those bloody and disastrous wars which have caused the downfall of mighty empires (observes Fray Antonio Agapida) has ever been considered a study highly delectable and full of precious edification. What, then, must be the history of a pious crusade waged by the most Catholic of sovereigns to rescue from the power of the infidels one of the most beautif...

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  • THE ALHAMBRA
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    THE ALHAMBRA
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    The Alhambra, written by author Washington Irving, is a collection of tales and essays which he wrote during his residence in the Alhambra. The writings are based largely based on notes and observations made and care was taken to maintain local colouring to present a faithful and living picture of that microcosm which the world outside of the Alhambra has largely had an imperfe...

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  • ASTORIA; OR, ANECDOTES OF AN ENTERPRISE BEYOND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
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    ASTORIA; OR, ANECDOTES OF AN ENTERPRISE BEYOND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    In 1811 a group of American traders built a fort at the mouth of the Columbia River, named Fort Astoria in honour of its financier, John Jacob Astor. Envisioned as the spur of a fur-trading empire, by 1813 the project was a business failure and the fort was surrendered to the British. But in its short life Astoria rendered incalculable benefits to public understanding of the Gr...

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  • RIP VAN WINKLE
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    RIP VAN WINKLE
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    From the celebrated early American author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow": The nineteenth-century classic work of fantasy about one man's twenty-year nap.   In the years before the American Revolutionary War, in a village at the foot of New York's Catskill Mountains, lives a kindhearted Dutchman named Rip Van Winkle. He's admired by all his fellow villagers except for his wife...

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  • CUENTOS DE ALHAMBRA
    CUENTOS DE ALHAMBRA
    WASHINGTON, IRVING
    Las historias que presentamos en este libro son parte de un lugar mágico y escondido en una región de España: la fortaleza de la Alhambra.rnComo en todas las leyendas, aquí se entremezcla la realidad con la fantasía; sin embargo, a veces es tan maravilloso e interesante lo que se cuenta que creemos estar viendo a los reyes moros y a las princesas, elegantemente vestidos,...
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  • LA LEYENDA DE SLEEPY HOLLOW
    LA LEYENDA DE SLEEPY HOLLOW
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    Con ilustraciones de Arthur Rackham.Ichabod Crane, un tipo flaco pero glotón, buen bailarín, con ciertas ambiciones mundanas, es el maestro de la comunidad de Tarrytown, en Sleepy Hollow (literalmente «Hondonada del Sueño»), un valle a orillas del Hudson. Su antagonista es Bran Bones, un grandullón grosero, que es también su rival en el amor de Katrina Van Tassel, hija única de...
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  • EL JINETE SIN CABEZA
    EL JINETE SIN CABEZA
    WASHINGTON, IRVING
    Ichabod Crane, es el profesor de la escuela de sleepy hollow y está enamorado de la joven y bella Katrina van tassel, hija de un acaudalado terrateniente. Con la intención de declararse a la chica el maestro acude a una fiesta que tiene lugar en el hogar de la familia van tassel, siendo ahí donde toma conocimiento de alguno de los fantasmagóricos relatos que narran los lugareño...
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