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The works of Washington Irving

Washington Irving

  • 308 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 1800
  • 89 editions
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1783–1859

Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American 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.

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