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Washington Irving (1783–1859)

Auteur de Sleepy Hollow

927+ oeuvres 23,036 utilisateurs 356 critiques 26 Favoris
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Washington Irving, one of the first Americans to achieve international recognition as an author, was born in New York City in 1783. His A History of New York, published in 1809 under the name of Diedrich Knickerbocker, was a satirical history of New York that spanned the years from 1609 to 1664. afficher plus Under another pseudonym, Geoffrey Crayon, he wrote The Sketch-book, which included essays about English folk customs, essays about the American Indian, and the two American stories for which he is most renowned--"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." Irving served as a member of the U.S. legation in Spain from 1826 to 1829 and as minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846. Following his return to the U.S. in 1846, he began work on a five-volume biography of Washington that was published from 1855-1859. Washington Irving died in 1859 in New York. afficher moins
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Œuvres de Washington Irving

Sleepy Hollow (1820) 4,098 exemplaires
Contes de l'Alhambra (1832) 2,472 exemplaires
Rip van Winkle (1819) — Auteur — 1,296 exemplaires
History, Tales, and Sketches (1983) 439 exemplaires
Old Christmas (1875) 306 exemplaires
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1992) 228 exemplaires
The Life of George Washington Book 2 (1896) 207 exemplaires
The Works of Washington Irving (1843) 151 exemplaires
Bracebridge Hall (1822) 148 exemplaires
Tales of a Traveller (1824) 126 exemplaires
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville (1837) 117 exemplaires
Mahomet and his successors (1850) 116 exemplaires
Rip (1988) 76 exemplaires
Life of Oliver Goldsmith (1864) 64 exemplaires
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories (1964) — Auteur — 61 exemplaires
100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature - volume 1 (2017) — Contributeur — 58 exemplaires
The Devil and Tom Walker (1983) 51 exemplaires
Selected Prose (1950) 31 exemplaires
Essays from The Sketch Book (1891) 26 exemplaires
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1995) 25 exemplaires
21 Essential American Short Stories (2011) — Contributeur — 24 exemplaires
Salmagundi (1824) 23 exemplaires
Christmas at Bracebridge Hall (1906) 22 exemplaires
Selections from the Sketch-Book (1892) 22 exemplaires
The Alhambra / Tales of a Traveler (1897) 21 exemplaires
Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey (1835) 17 exemplaires
The Life of Washington, Part III (2005) 14 exemplaires
The Crayon Papers (2007) 13 exemplaires
The Crayon miscellany (1849) 13 exemplaires
Washington Irving Selected Prose (1962) 11 exemplaires
Spanish papers (1979) 11 exemplaires
Rip Van Winkle, and other sketches (1918) 10 exemplaires
Student's Life of Washington, The (2011) 10 exemplaires
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1994) 10 exemplaires
Readings from Washington Irving (1897) 10 exemplaires
Astoria, Bonneville, Salmagundi (1836) 9 exemplaires
Christmas (1931) 9 exemplaires
Los buscadores de tesoros (2000) 8 exemplaires
Legends of the conquest of Spain (2009) 8 exemplaires
La frontera salvaje (2018) 7 exemplaires
Little Britain (2006) 7 exemplaires
Dolph Heyliger (2011) 6 exemplaires
Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies (2003) 6 exemplaires
Life of George Washington, vol. V (1864) 6 exemplaires
Histoires fantastiques (2012) 6 exemplaires
The Alhambra (Vol II) (1832) 6 exemplaires
Tales of a Traveller (Vol. 1) (1865) 5 exemplaires
Moorish Chronicles (2003) 5 exemplaires
L' Alhambra al chiaro di luna (1995) 5 exemplaires
Cuentos de la Alhambra (II) (1991) 4 exemplaires
Old Christmas in Merrie England (1970) 4 exemplaires
The Old Christmas (R. Caldecott) (1990) 4 exemplaires
The Crayon papers ; Salmagundi (1940) 4 exemplaires
The Headless Horseman (2012) 4 exemplaires
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (2010) 4 exemplaires
Contributions to the Corrector (1968) 4 exemplaires
Rural life in England (2002) 4 exemplaires
Contes d'un voyageur (2008) 4 exemplaires
The Alhambra, Vol. I 3 exemplaires
Wolfert's Roost 3 exemplaires
Tales 3 exemplaires
An Old Fashioned Christmas Eve (1904) 3 exemplaires
Uykulu Kuytu Söylencesi (2018) 3 exemplaires
Christmas Sketches 3 exemplaires
Astoria Volume II (1961) 3 exemplaires
Approdo di Colombo al mondo nuovo (1992) 3 exemplaires
Washington Irving (2011) 3 exemplaires
Contes de l'alhambra (1901) 3 exemplaires
SONG OF HIAWATHA/LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW (1922) — Auteur — 3 exemplaires
El novio fantasma y otros relatos (2014) 3 exemplaires
Hauntings: Classic Collection (1996) 3 exemplaires
The Stage Coach (1990) 3 exemplaires
The Widow And Her Son (1990) 3 exemplaires
The Classic Gothic Horror Collection (2021) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
Tales From The Alhambra - Vol. 2 (2003) 3 exemplaires
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Irving 2 exemplaires
The Beauties of Washington Irving (1830) 2 exemplaires
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RIP VAN WINKLE CD (2013) 2 exemplaires
Rip Van Winkle (Tale Blazers) (1979) 2 exemplaires
The wild huntsman 2 exemplaires
Abu Hassan 2 exemplaires
The angler 2 exemplaires
The Washington Irving Library (2002) 2 exemplaires
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Little Britain und andere Skizzen (1983) 2 exemplaires
The Mutability Of Literature (1990) 2 exemplaires
Caro vecchio Natale (2021) 2 exemplaires
The Author's Account of Himself (1990) 2 exemplaires
Rip Van Winkle (1905) 2 exemplaires
Das Skizzenbuch 1 exemplaire
L'île fantôme (1969) 1 exemplaire
The Christmas Dinner (2021) 1 exemplaire
La llegenda de Sleepy Hollow (2014) 1 exemplaire
L'héritage du More (2016) 1 exemplaire
Le Livre d'esquisses (2015) 1 exemplaire
3 Tales of the Alhambra (2014) 1 exemplaire
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Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (1923) 1 exemplaire
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Autres noms
Crayon, Geoffrey
Knickerbocker, Diedrich
Oldstyle, Jonathan
Date de naissance
1783-04-03
Date de décès
1859-11-28
Lieu de sépulture
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown, New York, USA
Sexe
male
Nationalité
Etats-Unis
Lieu de naissance
New York, New York, Etats-Unis
Lieu du décès
Tarrytown, New York, Etats-Unis
Cause du décès
heart attack
Lieux de résidence
Londen, Engeland, UK
Spanje
Liverpool, Engeland, UK
Parijs, Frankrijk
Études
law offices of Henry Masterson
Judge Josiah Ogden Hoffman
Professions
Advocaat
Schrijver
Ambassadeur in Spanje voor de USA
Relations
Irving, Pierre (nephew)
Organisations
State Bar of New York (1806)
New York State Militia
Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York
Prix et distinctions
Royal Society of Literature, Gold Medal (1830)
American Philosophical Society (1829)
Member, Real Academia de la Historia (Spain)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1855)
The Hall of Fame for Great Americans (1900)
Honorary Doctorate, Civil Law, Oxford University (1831) (tout afficher 8)
Honorary Academician, National Academy of Design (1841)
Honorary Doctorate of Law, Harvard University (1833)
Agent
Henry Brevoort (USA), Ebenezer Irving (USA), Thomas Aspinwall (UK)
Courte biographie
Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820). His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain.

Irving served as ambassador to Spain from 1842 to 1846. He made his literary debut in 1802 with a series of observational letters to the Morning Chronicle, written under the pseudonym Jonathan Oldstyle. He moved to England for the family business in 1815. He continued to publish regularly throughout his life.

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Mystery storys book? à Name that Book (Novembre 2023)

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Washington Irving was asked by Captain Bonneville to write up a book from the journals Bonneville kept while exploring in the American West in the early 1830s. Bonneville took a team to participate in the hunting and trapping of beaver in the days when the Beaver hat was the rage. On the three year experience he discovered and journaled much of what would become the Oregon Trail in the 1850s. He also encountered many native tribal peoples and the fur trading companies and their agents.

This is probably one of the more generous and level-headed views I have seen from early reports of the native tribes of the west and their ways. Irving, who says he is only writing what Bonneville wrote, is careful to point out the failings of the white men which caused misunderstandings and attacks. He doesn't paint the picture rosy about the natives, but seems quite realistic about their motivations and habits, as well as their positive aspects and the way they lived with the land.… (plus d'informations)
 
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MrsLee | Apr 15, 2024 |

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