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21. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies by Washington, 1783-1859 Irving | |
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(2005-07-01)
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22. The Crayon Papers by Washington, 1783-1859 Irving | |
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(2005-04-01)
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23. Old Christmas by Washington, 1783-1859 Irving | |
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(1999-08-01)
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Quiet, pleasant reading of an Old English Christmas
Melancholy little "sketch" -- "Hue and Cry after Christmas," from the opening page of Old Christmas. This book is what Washington Irving called a "sketchbook" -- a collection of impressions about something, gathered into a fictionalized story. It's a melancholy, fond evocation of fading English Christmas traditions of the author's time. The story's simple: Irving sets himself in the English countryside, where he's travelling one Christmas Eve. At a country inn he runs into an old schoolmate, who invites him home to spend Christmas at the family estate. The friend's father, it turns out, dotes on all things Christmas, and has tuned his household to some of the more quaint and obscure English traditions celebrating the day. That lets Irving include lots of odd little bits and pieces of Christmas tradition, told through the old man, as part of his plot. The book covers a night and a day. The chapters are pieces of that time: the stagecoach ride is one chapter, then "Christmas Eve," and so on through "Christmas Dinner." I read this every year lately, and it's a nice, low-key, sad and happy little way to mark the Christmases passing. Washington Irving wrote it in the early 1800s -- the dates of most of his "Sketch Book" are right around 1819 or 1820 -- and the story is mostly a reminiscence about even earlier Christmas traditions. Then it took until 1894 for this edition to be printed, with the illustrations by Caldecott. Later the facsimile edition I have was printed, in maybe the early 1980s... For a little book about Christmas past to have made it through all those years, and come down to me in this personal "sketch," is a glad thing. Coming back to the same copy year after year makes a nice little private tradition. The text to this is available in a few places on the Web. That's an okay way to get to know the language, but a facsimile of the original book, with the illustrations, is still worth the few dollars it'll cost. The Caldecott who illustrated this is the one for whom the children's book award was named, among other things. You need to read this one next to the Christmas tree, not by the glow of a computer monitor. ... Read more |
24. Rip Van Winkle and other sketches, by Washington Irving by Washington (1783-1859) Irving | |
Hardcover:
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(1885)
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25. A STRAY LEAF From The CORRESPONDENCE Of WASHINGTON IRVING And CHARLES DICKENS. by Charles.1812 - 1870].[Irving, Washington.1783 - 1859].Andrews, William Loring [1837 - 1920]. [Dickens | |
Hardcover:
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(1894)
Asin: B000NOD8KM Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
26. HISTORY, TALES AND SKETCHERS BY WASHINGTON IRVING 1783-1859 by WASHINGTON IRVING 1783-1859 | |
Hardcover: 1126
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(1983)
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27. Worlds of Washington Irving,1783-1859: An Anthology Exhibition from the Collections of the New York Library by Andrew B. Myers | |
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(1974-06)
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28. The Worlds of Washington Irving, 1783-1859 by Washington Irving | |
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(1974)
Asin: B000VLUX5A Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
29. ASTORIA, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains. by Margaret].Irving, Washington [1783 - 1859]. [Armstrong | |
Hardcover:
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(1897)
Asin: B000MZE6FS Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
30. The ALHAMBRA. by Washington [1783 - 1859]. Irving | |
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(1892)
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31. Rip Van Winkle, a posthumous writing of Diedrich Knickerbocker with an introduction by Mark Van Doren by Washington, 1783-1859 Irving | |
Hardcover:
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(1930)
Asin: B000H4COSK Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
32. TALES Of A TRAVELLER.Part I [- IV]. by Geoffrey.[pseudonym for Irving, Washington.1783 - 1859]. Crayon | |
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(1825)
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33. The ADVENTURES Of CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE V.S.A. In The ROCKY MOUNTAINS And The FAR WEST-Digested from his Journal and Illustrated from Various Other Sources. by Margaret].Irving, Washington [1783 - 1859]. [Armstrong | |
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(1898)
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34. Letters: 1846-1859 by Washington Irving | |
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(1982-10)
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35. Washington Irving: An American Original by Brian Jay Jones | |
Hardcover: 456
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(2008-01-04)
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Truly "An American Original"
Entertaining & Informative |
36. Washington Irving: Three Western Narratives: A Tour on the Prairie / Astoria / The Adventures of Captain Bonneville (Library of America) by Washington Irving | |
Hardcover: 1024
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(2004-01-26)
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Editorial Review Book Description Irving followed up this eyewitness account with two works that chart the dramatic and tumultuous history of the early American fur trade, very much in the spirit of James Fenimore CooperÂs Leatherstocking Tales. Astoria (1836) recounts John Jacob AstorÂs attempt to establish a commercial empire in the Pacific Northwest. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville (1837) is a lively saga of exploration among the mountains, rivers, and deserts of the Far West. While working closely from original documents, Irving wrote also as a mythologist of the vast spaces traversed by ÂSindbads of the wilderness. In these three compelling narratives he opened up a crucial region of the American literary imagination influencing such authors as Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville. |
37. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories From the Sketch Book (Signet Classics) by Washington Irving | |
Paperback: 400
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(2006-04-04)
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"Warm and cheerful pictures of English life"
Washington Irving slept for forty years
Thoughtful collection of observations, essays, and stories.
"...bright gems of wisdom and golden veins of language." Irving's mantra with this work is a set of observations, indeed "sketches" of his many travels and musings while roaming through England and his home in upstate New York along the Hudson River. The eternal figures of Rip Van Winkle and Ichabod Crane are evoked in this tome and set a literary standard that others aspire to, but one that Irving effortlessly achieves time and again. Not only does this volume frame these two classics, "The Sketch Book" also contains other literary giants such as "The Angler", "John Bull", "Philip of Pokanoket", "The Specter Bridegroom", "The Mutability of Literature" and "The Art of Bookmaking" wherein the essence of Irving's literary style is neatly conveyed in the following: "Being now in possesion of the secert, I sat down in a corner and watched the process of this book manufactory. I noticed one lean, bilious-looking wight, who sought none but the worst worm-eaten volumes, printed in black letter. He was evidentley constructing some work of profound erudition that would be purchased by every man who wished to be thought learned, placed upon a conspicuous shelf of his library, or laid upon his table, but never read. I observed him, now and then, draw a large fragment of biscuit out of his his pocket and gnaw; whether it was his dinner, or whether he was endeavoring to keep off that exhaustion of the stomach produced by much pondering over dry works, I leave to harder students than myself to determine." With a style that has emitted diverse emotions (Lord Byron "unashamedly wept" over the melancholy pieces "The Broken Heart", "The Widow and her Son" and "The Rural Funerals") and having enjoyed over a century and a half of eminent popularity, Washington Irving's "aim in life is to escape 'from the commonplace realities of the present' and to lose himself 'among the shadowy grandeurs of the past' ". Readers tuned in to this philosophy continue to enjoy Irving's literary prose (by buying and re-reading his works), and also, by buying and reading, secure his reputation as a master in American Literature. When one has digested "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon" and "Diedrich Knickerboker's History of New York", one has embraced the essential works of Washington Irving and most would then assuredly join me in saying that he rates eminately in American Literary standing.
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38. The Complete Tales of Washington Irving by Washington Irving | |
Paperback: 798
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(1998-04)
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A Spicy Brew
Mystery and Romance in Rural Settings This Puffin anthology presents five of Irving's short stories--tales of fantasy, legend and unrequited love--all set in rural New York and Europe, orignally published in 1820.His literary genius imagination, often interspersed with touches of wry humor. Examining the follies of the human mind, as well as the foibles of the human heart, Irving has chosen the following subjects:
Proof of the talent of an important American author |
39. The Old and New World Romanticism of Washington Irving: | |
Hardcover: 201
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(1986-10-16)
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40. The Heart That Would Not Hold: A Biography of Washington Irving by Johanna Johnston | |
Hardcover:
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(1971-03)
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