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    7 best short stories by Washington Irving

    By Washington Irving

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    He was the greatest American writer of his time: mentor to Poe, Dickens, and Hawthorne, his country's first professional author, and a writer of uniqely American ghost stories about growth, change, and identity. This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories:

    - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
    - Rip Van Winkle
    - The Devil and Tom Walker
    - Christmas
    - Guest from Gibbet Island
    - The Legend of the Engulphed Convent
    - The Adventure of my Uncle
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTacet Books
    Release dateJan 7, 2019
    ISBN9788577770106
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