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Washington Irving

Born

in New York City, New York, The United States

April 03, 1783

Died

November 28, 1859

Genre

Fiction, Biography, Short Stories

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People remember American writer Washington Irving for the stories " Rip Van Winkle " and " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ," contained in The Sketch Book (1820).

This author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century wrote newspaper articles under the pseudonym Jonathan Oldstyle to begin his literary career at the age of nineteen years.

In 1809, he published The History of New York under his most popular public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker.

Historical works of Irving include a five volume biography of George Washington (after whom he was named) as well as biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad, and several histories, dealing with subjects, such as Christopher Columbus, the Moors, and the Alhambra, of 15th-ce ...more

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Average rating: 3.81 · 258,757 ratings · 14,302 reviews · 5,457 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 3.78 avg rating — 149,443 ratings — published 1820	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rip Van Winkle 3.60 avg rating — 18,152 ratings — published 1819 — 729 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of the Alhambra 3.74 avg rating — 5,563 ratings — published 1832 — 1091 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle 3.80 avg rating — 5,217 ratings — published 1819 — 133 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Devil and Tom Walker 3.56 avg rating — 2,909 ratings — published 1824 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Old Christmas: From the Sketch Book 3.63 avg rating — 1,546 ratings — published 1820 — 409 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sketch Book 3.65 avg rating — 1,512 ratings — published 1819 — 1254 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories 3.53 avg rating — 810 ratings — published 1820 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spectre Bridegroom 3.64 avg rating — 731 ratings — published 1819 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventure of the German Student 3.69 avg rating — 657 ratings — published 1824 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“There is a sacredness in tears....They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.”
― Washington Irving

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“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.”
― Washington Irving

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“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not a mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.”
― Washington Irving

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Polls

March 2018 Short Story Poll

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, 76 pages, 1895

64 votes, 18.8%

A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Connor, 24 pages, 1955

35 votes, 10.3%

Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, 25 pages, 1818

34 votes, 10.0%

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, 101 pages, 1952

34 votes, 10.0%

White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 82 pages, 1848

32 votes, 9.4%

The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West, 112 pages, 1918

25 votes, 7.4%

Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez, 120 pages, 1981

21 votes, 6.2%

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig, 104 pages, 1941

20 votes, 5.9%

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin, 32 pages, 1894

16 votes, 4.7%

Xingu by Edith Wharton, 48 pages, 1916

14 votes, 4.1%

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott, 96 pages, 1884

13 votes, 3.8%

Letter to a Child Never Born by Oriana Fallaci, 128 pages, 1975

11 votes, 3.2%

To Build a Fire by Jack London, 32 pages, 1902

11 votes, 3.2%

The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish, 94 pages, 1666

10 votes, 2.9%

340 total votes

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