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Washington Irving

American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. He was best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", both of which appear in his book "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent" (Wikipedia).

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American writer, historian and diplomat (1783-1859)

Born 3 April 1783
Died 28 November 1859

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  • Cover of: Humoristische geschichte von New-York

    First published in 1829 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Illustrations of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow

    First published in 1849 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, gent. ; Salmagundi: or, The whim-whams and opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. & others

    First published in 1977 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The life and times of Washington.

    First published in 1872 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Little masterpieces

    First published in 1898 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Rip Van Winkle, a legend of the Hudson.

    First published in 1900 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Rip Van Winkle; Legend of Sleepy Hollow; The devil and Tom Walker.--The voyage.--Westminster abbey.--Stratford-on-Avon.--The stout gentleman.

    First published in 1897 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Selections from Washington Irving.

    First published in 1894 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Six selections from Irving's Sketch-book.

    First published in 1878 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Spanish papers and other miscellanies

    First published in 1866 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Stories and legends, from Washington Irving.

    First published in 1896 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Tales of a traveller and Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey.

    First published in 1900 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Travels in Missouri and the South ...

    First published in 1910 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The voyage, and other English essays from The sketch book

    First published in 1891 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Washington and his country: being Irving's Life of Washington, abridged for the use of schools: with introduction, and continuation, giving a brief outline of United States history from the discovery of America to the end of the civil war

    First published in 1887 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Washington Irving's Rip van Winkle

    First published in 2005 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle and other stories: the sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent.

    First published in 2001 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Washington Irving's Tales of a traveller

    First published in 1895 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Washington Irving's Tales of the supernatural

    First published in 1982 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Washington Irving's The legend of Sleepy Hollow and other stories

    First published in 1999 — 1 edition
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American writer, historian and diplomat (1783-1859)

Born 3 April 1783
Died 28 November 1859

Subjects

Fiction, History, Description and travel, Children's fiction, American literature, short story, American Horror tales, Biography, short stories, American Short stories, Social life and customs, horror, Classic Literature, Discovery and exploration, Juvenile fiction, catalepsy, gothic fiction, Horror stories, Indians of North America, Short stories, burial vaults, dragons, hermitages, heroic romances, hysteria

Places

United States, Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.), England, Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.), West (U.S.), Northwestern States, Spain, America, New York (State), Oklahoma, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, Massachusetts, Granada (Kingdom), Florida, New England, Salem Village, États du Nord-Ouest (États-Unis), Astoria (Or.), Fountain of Youth, India, Italy, États-Unis (Ouest), Amérique du Nord, Canada

People

Washington Irving (1783-1859), Christopher Columbus, Ethelred, Madeline Usher, Roderick Usher, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (1796-1878), George Washington (1732-1799), Peyton Farquhar, Devil, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Colonel Killigrew, Dr. Heidegger, Mr. Gascoigne, Mr. Medbourne, Sylvia Ward, Widow Wycherley, Beatrice Rappaccini, C. Auguste Dupin, Elizabeth, Father Time, Fortunato, Giacomo Rappaccini, Giovanni Guasconti

Time

19th century, Spanish Conquest, 1476-1492, 1861-1865, 1861-65, 1600s, 711-1516, American Civil War, 1775-1865, 18th century, Jusqu'à 1848, To 1848, Antebellum era, Civil War, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1775-1783, Carnival, 1692, 1713-1763 (New France), 711-1492 (Période arabe), Arab period, 711-1492, Civil War, 1861-1865, Conquest, 1519-1540, Conquest, 1522-1548, Revolution, 1775-1783, To 1810

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  • Geoffrey Gent Crayon

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