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Autore |
Irving Washington |
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Titolo |
The Crayon Papers |
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Auckland : , : Floating Press, The, , 1883 |
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©2017 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (271 pages) |
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Soggetti |
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Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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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. |
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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. |
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