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Record Nr.

UNINA9910165061603321

Autore

Irving Washington

Titolo

The Crayon Papers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Auckland : , : Floating Press, The, , 1883

©2017

ISBN

1-77667-561-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 pages)

Disciplina

FIC

Soggetti

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title -- Contents -- Mountjoy: Or Some Passages Out of the Life of a Castle-Builder -- The Great Mississippi Bubble - "A Time of Unexampled Prosperity -- Don Juan: A Spectral Research -- Broek: Of the Dutch Paradise -- Sketches in Paris in 1825 - From the Traveling Note-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent -- American Researches in Italy - Life of Tasso: Recovery of a Lost Portrait of Dante -- The Taking of the Veil -- The Charming Letoriè€res -- The Early Experiences of Ralph Ringwood - Noted down from His Conversations -- The Seminoles -- Origin of the White, the Red, and the Black Men - A Seminole Tradition -- The Conspiracy of Neamathla - An Authentic Sketch -- Letter from Granada -- Abderahman: Founder of the Dynasty of the Ommiades of Spain -- The Widow's Ordeal: Or a Judicial Trial by Combat -- The Creole Village: A Sketch from a Steamboat -- A Contented Man -- Endnotes.

Sommario/riassunto

Washington Irving first made an international literary splash with the essay collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. This follow-up volume contains a similarly charming mix of sketches, observations, humor writing, and other short pieces.