7 best short stories by Washington Irving

7 best short stories by Washington Irving
Author: Washington Irving
Publisher: Tacet Books
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2020-05-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3968584902

He was the greatest American writer of his time: mentor to Poe, Dickens, and Hawthorne, his country's first professional author, and a writer of uniqely American ghost stories about growth, change, and identity. This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories: - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Rip Van Winkle - The Devil and Tom Walker - Christmas - Guest from Gibbet Island - The Legend of the Engulphed Convent - The Adventure of my Uncle

7 Best Short Stories by Washington Irving

7 Best Short Stories by Washington Irving
Author: Washington Irving
Publisher: Tacet Books
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2019-01-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8577770109

He was the greatest American writer of his time: mentor to Poe, Dickens, and Hawthorne, his country's first professional author, and a writer of uniqely American ghost stories about growth, change, and identity. This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories: - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Rip Van Winkle - The Devil and Tom Walker - Christmas - Guest from Gibbet Island - The Legend of the Engulphed Convent - The Adventure of my Uncle

Rip Van Winkle, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Rip Van Winkle, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Author: Washington Irving
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
Total Pages: 60
Release: 1963
Genre: Catskill Mountains (N.Y.)
ISBN: 9788125021766

A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.

7 Best Short Stories

7 Best Short Stories
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher: Tacet Books
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2019-01-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8577770133

Seven of the greatest authors of all time present their great works in the short story genre. In this book you can travel through the minds of geniuses like Bram Stoker, Herman Melville and Oscar Wilde. The selection of August Nemo contains the following works for your appreciation: Dracula's Guest By Bram Stoker Bartleby, the Scrivener By Herman Melville The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde A Scandal In Bohemia By Arthur Conan Doyle The Sandman By E.T.A. Hoffman The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling

7 best short stories - Fishing

7 best short stories - Fishing
Author: Guy de Maupassant
Publisher: Tacet Books
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2020-05-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3968585488

One of humanity's oldest activities, fishing has a deep historical and cultural significance. Whether as a professional activity or as a holiday fun, fishing has been the subject of several pieces of literature. In this book, the critic August Nemo selected seven stories about fishing for your amusement. This book contains: - Two Friends by Guy de Maupassant. - A Daughter Of Albion by Anton Chekhov. - On Dry Cow Fishing as a Fine Art by Rudyard Kipling. - The Angler by Washington Irving. - Fisherman's Luck by Henry van Dyke. - The Fisherman of Pass Christian by Alice Dunbar-Nelson. - The Fish by Anton Chekhov.

7 best short stories - Time Travel

7 best short stories - Time Travel
Author: Washington Irving
Publisher: Tacet Books
Total Pages: 475
Release: 2020-05-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3967993302

If you had a time machine for when would you go? To travel through time as if it were a highway is an ancient dream of mankind. The first stories of time travelers go back to the beginning of civilizations, being found in Hindu, Jewish and Japanese mythologies. But it was with science fiction that the concept became popular and began to inhabit the dreams of all of us. In this book you will find seven classics of time travel specially selected by the critic August Nemo. For more books with thought-provoking themes, be sure to check out the other volumes of this series! *** This book contains: - Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving. - The Clock That Went Backward by Edward Page Mitchell. - The Chronic Argonauts by H. G. Wells. - Lost in Time by Arthur Leo Zagat. - The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper by H. G. Wells. - The Gap in the Curtain by John Buchan. - A Dream of John Ball by William Morris.

7 best short stories - Horror

7 best short stories - Horror
Author: H. P. Lovecraft
Publisher: Tacet Books
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2021-09-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3986471820

Welcome to the book series 7 best short stories specials, selection dedicated to a special subject, featuring works by noteworthy authors. The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and interest. This edition is dedicated to Horror. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon defined the horror story as "a piece of fiction in prose of variable length... which shocks, or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing". Horror intends to create an eerie and frightening atmosphere for the reader. Horror is often divided into the psychological horror and supernatural horror sub-genres. Often the central menace of a work of horror fiction can be interpreted as a metaphor for the larger fears of a society.This book contains the following texts: - The Phantom Coach by Amelia B. Edwards; - Afterward by Edith Wharton; - The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe; - The Monkeys Paw by W. W. Jacobs; - The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens; - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving; - The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft.For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!

The Complete Tales Of Washington Irving

The Complete Tales Of Washington Irving
Author: Washington Irving
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 1998-03-22
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780306808401

Originally published: Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1975.

Works

Works
Author: Washington Irving
Publisher:
Total Pages: 542
Release: 1865
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