Washington Irving

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Washington Irving was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad, and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with subjects such as the Alhambra, Christopher Columbus, and the Moors. Irving served as the American ambassador to Spain in the 1840s.

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Penny Dreadfuls

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2014

Great American Short Stories

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2012

Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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2012

About Time

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2008

Ghost Stories From the Grave

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2007

The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1

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2003

The Best Ghost Stories Ever

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2003

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience

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1999

Masters of the Macabre

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1999

Fireside Al's Treasury of Classic Stories

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1997

Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience

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1989

Short Stories

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1989

Great Tales of Suspense

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1988

Great American Short Stories [48 stories]

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1984

Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century

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1983

Isaac Asimov presents the best fantasy of the 19th century

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1982

The Evil Image

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1981

Classic American Short Stories

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1978

Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

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1976

The legend of Sleepy Hollow and other tales

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1974

The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition

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1973

The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition

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1973

The Penguin Book of American Short Stories

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1971

Classic American Short Stories

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1964

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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1958

Great American Short Stories

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1957

The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition

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1952

Selected writings of Washington Irving

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1934

Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories

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1922

Cuentos clásicos del norte

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1920

The Short-story

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1916

The Elements of the Short Story

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1915

A Book of Short Stories

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1914

Selected English Short Stories (Nineteenth Century)

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1914

Types of the Short Story

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1913

Stories of the Hudson

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1912

The Best American Tales

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1907

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Rip Van Winkle

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1905

American Short Stories

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1904

Selections from Irving's Sketch-book

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1902

Specimens of the Short Story

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1901

The Garden of Romance

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1897

Selections from the Sketch-book

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1894

Ten Selections From The Sketch-Book

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1892

Essays from The sketch book

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1891

Old Christmas

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1876

Rip Van Winkle and Sleepy Hollow

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1867

Wolfert's roost and other papers

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1854

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