Complete Works of Washington Irving
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Publisher Description
America's first international man-of-letters deserves a place in the digital library of all lovers of classic literature. This comprehensive eBook presents Irving's complete fictional works, with a range on non-fiction works, spiced with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (16MB Version 1)
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Irving's life and works
* Concise introductions to the story collections and other works
* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Scarce satirical works, like Irving’s first ever book LETTERS OF JONATHAN OLDSTYLE – appearing in a digital collection for the first time
* Many famous short stories are illustrated with their original artwork
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories
* Easily locate the short stories you want to read
* Includes Irving's two ‘lost’ plays, discovered over a hundred years after the author’s death – first time in digital print
* Rare poems appearing for the first time in digital print
* Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Irving’s contribution to literature
* Features two bonus biographies - discover Irving's literary life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
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Contents:
The Short Story Collections
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
Bracebridge Hall
Tales of a Traveller
Tales of the Alhambra
The Crayon Miscellany
Wolfert’s Roost
The Short Stories
List of Short Stories In Chronological Order
List of Short Stories In Alphabetical Order
The Satires
Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent.
A History of New York
The Plays
Abu Hassan
The Wild Huntsman
The Poetry
List of Poems
The Non-Fiction
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada
Astoria
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville. The Rocky Mountains
Life of Oliver Goldsmith
Life of George Washington: Volume I
The Criticism
Elia, and Geoffrey Crayon By William Hazlitt
Speech: New York, February 18, 1842 By Charles Dickens
A Fable for Critics By James Russell Lowell
Poe, Irving, Hawthorne By George Parsons Lathrop
Correspondence Between Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe
The Biographies
Washington Irving By Henry W. Boynton
Washington Irving By Charles Dudley Warner
