Irving History, Tales and Sketches: The Sketch Book/A History of New York/Salmagundi/Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent.
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Book Overview
Washington Irving's career as a writer began obscurely at age seventeen, when his brother's newspaper published his series of comic reports on the theater, theater-goers, fashions, balls, courtships,... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0940450143
ISBN13:9780940450141
Release Date:November 1983
Publisher:Library of America
Length:1144 Pages
Weight:1.77 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 5.3" x 8.3"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
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A Must Have For Every...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
This book is a "must have" for every Washington Irving fan. There is just an amazing amount of his material in this edition, all of it classic. I've even found material in this edition that I hadn't read anywhere in quite a while. This edition is pretty complete, at least when it comes to short stories, sketches and essays.
At first I found him pompous
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
with his Jonathan Oldstyle stories. And I skipped most of the Salmagundi stories, they were boring me. But now the history of New York is very funny and very amusing. It's very long and takes most of the book. There is a total change of style from pompous to light which is very refreshing.
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