Irving Washington

Do dziś uznawane są za najlepszy przewodnik po zwyczajach i tradycjach monumentalnej grenadyjskiej twierdzy. Autor zafascynowany magią andaluzyjskiej ziemi odtwarza zasłyszane od miejscowej ludności legendyz odległych czasów arabskiej dominacji w Hiszpanii....

Touching and comic short stories from the 19th century American master of the genre.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including...

Rip van Winkle is an amiable man whose home and farm suffer from his lazy neglect; a familiar figure about the village, he is loved by all except his wife. One autumn day he escapes her nagging to wander up into the mountains, and there after drinking some liquor offered to him by a band of very strange folk, he settles down under a shady tree and...

The American War of Independence was fought from 1775 to 1783.General George Washington became the first president of the United States in 1789.These facts, and an old German folk-tale, formed the material from which Washington Irving made up his tale of Rip Van Winkle, who fell asleep in 1765 and woke up in 1785....