Today, author Washington Irving is best remembered for the iconic tales The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. However, Irving also produced a number of well-regarded works of history and biography. This brilliant volume combines fact and fiction, offering a satiricalâ??and often imaginedâ??history of New York from the perspective of make-believe Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker… (plus d'informations)
I remember thinking when I started reading this odd little book (for no reason, really -- I'd just seen it listed at gutenberg.org) "wow -- who knew that Washington Irving was so goofy?" It's actually pretty hysterical at times, and made me want to explore Irving further. He was certainly never even on the fringes of my attention before this.
In 1809, Irving published his first book, A History of New York, from the point of view of a Dutch professor named Diedrich Knickerbocker. He promoted the book by claiming the professor was a real person. As Irving was working on this book, he fell in love with Matilda Hoffman, and shortly after the book was published, she died of "consumption". Irving dropped his writing and traveled aimlessly in Europe, eventually taking up a room in the Alhambra, which revived him with its grace and beauty, and its history of great suffering and irony.
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Bericht über den Verfasser: Wenn ich mich recht erinnere, so war es im Frühherbst des Jahres 1808, als ein Fremder im Independent Columbian Hotel in der Mulberry Street, dessen Besitzer ich bin, um Logis bat.
Erstes Buch: Worin der Verfasser mit Hilfe des Mannes im Mond eine wichtige Frage ein für alloemal klärt und damit nicht allein Tausende von Menschen aus grosser Verlegenheit reisst, sondern auch mit der eigentlichen Geschichte beginnt.
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Vielleicht gibt dann dieses arme Häuflein Staub, welches in seinem Leben nur wucherndes Unkraut hervorgebracght hat, eine demütige Scholle ab, aus der manch liebliche wilde Blume spriesst, um meine geliebte Insel Mannahata zu schmücken.
Today, author Washington Irving is best remembered for the iconic tales The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. However, Irving also produced a number of well-regarded works of history and biography. This brilliant volume combines fact and fiction, offering a satiricalâ??and often imaginedâ??history of New York from the perspective of make-believe Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker
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