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Audiolibro narrado en castellano. La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow es un relato de fantasmas escrito por Washington Irving en 1820 de los más populares e importantes de la cultura norteamericana siendo así uno de los relatos más típicos en las noches de Halloween y ha tenido muchas adaptaciones a cine, teatro y televisión.
Narra la andanzas de un profesor de escuela extremadamente supersticioso llamado Ichabod Crane que se enamora de la joven Katrina...
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Diese Ausgabe von "Das Leben Mohammeds, des arabischen Propheten" wurde mit einem funktionalen Layout erstellt und sorgfältig formatiert.
Washington Irving (1783-1859) war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller. Mit an englischen Stilvorbildern geschulten Satiren über die Gesellschaft und Geschichte der Stadt New York wurde er im ersten Jahrzehnt des 19. Jahrhunderts zunächst in seiner Heimat bekannt. Mit seinem "Skizzenbuch" wandte er sich zunehmend...
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"The Christmas Stories by Washington Irving: Illustrated" is a delightful collection that brings together the timeless holiday tales penned by the acclaimed American author, Washington Irving. This anthology includes some of Irving's most cherished stories, including "Christmas Eve," "Christmas Day," "The Christmas Dinner," and more.
Washington Irving, known for his masterful storytelling, invites readers into the heart of Christmas celebrations...
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Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of "THE COLLECTED HISTORICAL WORKS OF WASHINGTON IRVING (Illustrated Edition”.
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INTRODUCTION
SPEECH: NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 18, 1842 by Charles Dickens
BIOGRAPHY OF WASHINGTON IRVING by Charles Dudley Warne
A TOUR ON THE PRAIRIES
THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE
ASTORIA
CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA
LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH
LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
THE STUDENT'S...
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George Washington (1732-1799) was the first President of the United States (1789-97), the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He presided over the convention that drafted the United States Constitution, which replaced the Articles of Confederation and remains the supreme law of the land. Washington was born into the provincial gentry of Colonial Virginia,...
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Washington Irving (1783–1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the 19th century. He is best known for his short stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of George Washington and Oliver Goldsmith, and several histories of 15th-century Spain, dealing with subjects such as the Moors and the Alhambra....
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El Jinete Sin Cabeza es la traducción al español del relato clásico "La Leyenda de Sleepy Hollow". En este audiolibro, nos sumergimos en la brumosa atmósfera de Sleepy Hollow y exploramos una de las más icónicas narraciones estadounidenses: 'La Leyenda de Sleepy Hollow' de Washington Irving.
En la voz de Félix, la historia del supersticioso Ichabod Crane y su encuentro con el temido Jinete sin Cabeza cobran vida de manera vívida. Ambientado...
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A volume of selected stories from Washington Irving's The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Praised by Walter Scott and Lord Byron for its prose, this collection consists of his most famous works, "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", as well as the praised short stories "The Broken Heart" and "The Widow and her Son".
Narrated by Michael Ward
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Esta leyenda tiene como protagonista a Pedro Gil, conocido como Peregil, un gallego dedicado a la tarea de aguatero. Irving expresa la opinión de que por sus características estaba destinado a ser aguatero: "La Naturaleza parece haber preparado razas de hombres, como lo ha hecho con los animales, para determinados trabajos"
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"El Palacio de la Alhambra" (Cuentos de la Alhambra) de Washington Irving es una colección de ensayos, bocetos y cuentos inspirados en los viajes de Irving a la Alhambra, un palacio árabe en Granada, España. A través de descripciones vívidas y narraciones románticas, Irving captura la belleza, la historia y la mística de la Alhambra, profundizando en su arquitectura, leyendas y significado cultural. El libro incluye relatos ficticios de personajes...
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The popular North American writer Washington Irving was born in New York in 1783. He stayed some time in Spain living in Andalucía and specifically in Granada where he visited La Alhambra and did some historical research on Spanish history. As a result of all these experiences he wrote the famous book "Tales of La Alhambra" which remains one of his most popular works.
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A two-fold purpose has been kept in view during the preparation of this book — on the one hand, to refresh the memories and, if possible, to enlarge the knowledge, of readers who have already visited Europe, on the other, to provide something in the nature of a substitute for those who have not yet done so, and to inspire them with new and stronger ambitions to make the trip.
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Great Britain and Ireland:
London
Cathedrals and Abbeys
Castles...
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Este libro es una apología de la lectura y una alabanza del lector.
A diferencia de otros adictos –léase: coleccionistas, escritores, bibliotecarios–, quien se define como «lector» es una persona distinta de aquella que colecciona, escribe o trabaja con libros… incluso si ambas comparten un mismo rostro en el carnet de identidad.
Las autoras y los autores de los textos que reunimos en estas páginas fueron muchas cosas a lo largo de sus...