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Record Nr.

UNINA9910165061903321

Autore

Irving Washington

Titolo

Tales of a Traveller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Auckland : , : Floating Press, The, , 2006

©2017

ISBN

1-77667-555-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 pages)

Disciplina

FIC

Soggetti

Germany

Manners and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title -- Contents -- PART FIRST - STRANGE STORIES BY A NERVOUS GENTLEMAN -- A Hunting Dinner -- The Adventure of My Uncle -- The Adventure of My Aunt -- The Bold Dragoon -- Or the Adventure of My Grandfather -- The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture -- The Adventure of the Mysterious Stranger -- The Story of the Young Italian -- PART SECOND - BUCKTHORNE AND HIS FRIENDS -- Literary Life -- A Literary Dinner -- The Club of Queer Fellows -- The Poor Devil Author -- Buckthorne, or the Young Man of Great Expectations -- The Booby Squire -- The Strolling Manager -- PART THIRD - THE ITALIAN BANDITTI -- The Inn at Terracina -- The Adventure of the Little Antiquary -- The Adventure of the Popkins Family -- The Painter's Adventure -- The Story of the Bandit Chieftain -- The Story of the Young Robber -- PART FOURTH - THE MONEY DIGGERS -- Hell Gate -- Kidd the Pirate -- The Devil and Tom Walker -- Wolfert Webber -- or, Golden Dreams -- The Adventure of Sam, the Black Fisherman -- Endnotes.

Sommario/riassunto

Washington Irving created the fictional narrator Geoffrey Crayon, and a number of Irving's most popular works are written in the voice of this high-strung, eccentric, but ultimately well-meaning fellow. In this essay collection, Crayon hits the road for a travel tour and reports back with his observations.