Selected Stories from the Legend of Washington Irving
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The author of this book, Washington Irving (1783-1859), was the founder of American literature and a famous essayist and short story writer. His masterpiece "Notes on What He Saw" caused a sensation when it was published in England in 1820 and spread widely, making him the first American writer to gain international reputation and known as the "Father of American Literature". Scott and Byron became his close friends, and Thackeray called him "the first envoy from the New World literary world to the Old World." He left the world with immortal chapters such as "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Westminster Abbey". He is also a master of legendary stories, and his selected works such as "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "The Ghost Bridegroom" are considered to be masterpieces in literary works, giving readers great artistic enjoyment.
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