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"Cuentos de la Alhambra" de Washington Irving de la Editorial Good Press. Good Press publica una gran variedad de títulos que abarca todos los géneros. Van desde los títulos clásicos famosos, novelas, textos documentales y crónicas de la vida real, hasta temas ignorados o por ser descubiertos de la literatura universal. Editorial Good Press divulga libros que son una lectura imprescindible. Cada publicación de Good Press ha sido corregida y formateada al detalle, para elevar en gran medida su facilidad de lectura en todos los equipos y programas de lectura electrónica. Nuestra meta es la producción de Libros electrónicos que sean versátiles y accesibles para el lector y para todos, en un formato digital de alta calidad.

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"Spanish Papers" by Washington Irving. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

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“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, and Other Stories” is a volume of essays and short stories by Washington Irving that were first published serially between 1819 and 1820 and was originally collected as “The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.” It includes some of the works for which would establish Irving as one of the preeminent American authors of his day and cement his literary legacy. The most famous of the works in this volume are arguably “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle.” The first is the story of Ichabod Crane, a schoolmaster from Connecticut who has moved to the New York countryside settlement of Tarry Town whose secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow is haunted by an infamous spectre, the Headless Horseman. The second story “Rip Van Winkle” tells the tale of a Dutch-American villager living during the time of the American Revolution who mysteriously falls asleep in New York’s Catskill Mountains only to discover when he awakes that many years have passed and much has changed. Along with these two classic tales thirty-two other stories and essays are included. This edition includes an introduction by Charles Addison Dawson and a preface by the author.

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Washington Irving's delightful account of a festive Christmas holiday includes five incomparable essays. Written well over a century ago, Irving's sketches «celebrate the celebration» with heartwarming descriptions of Yuletide events. Irving recalls with warmth and wonder his many colorful experiences of a traditional Victorian Christmas while a guest at an English estate–from the Christmas Eve trip by a stagecoach filled with «rosy-cheeked boys» returning from school, and scenes of domestic hilarity during holiday games, to solemn services at the village church and the return home to a sumptuous holiday dinner. Enhanced with more than 100 charming illustrations by noted nineteenth-century artist Randolph Caldecott, this engaging book helped nurture America's recognition of the holiday. Perfect for gift-giving, the collection elicits from a master American storyteller a magical remembrance of Christmas past.

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A collection of short works by Washington Irving, which includes the following: The Journey, Palace of the Alhambra, Note on Morisco Architecture, Important Negotiations. The Author Succeeds to the Throne of Boabdil, Inhabitants of the Alhambra, The Hall of Ambassadors, The Jesuits' Library, Alhamar, The Founder of the Alhambra, Yusef Abul Hagig, The Finisher of the Alhambra, The Mysterious Chambers, Panorama from the Tower of Comares, The Truant, The Balcony, The Adventure of the Mason, The Court of Lions, The Abencerrages, Mementos of Boabdil, Public Fetes of Granada, Local Traditions, The House of the Weathercock, Legend of the Arabian Astrologer, Note to «The Arabian Astrologer», Visitors to the Alhambra, Relics and Genealogies, The Generalife, Legend of Prince Ahmed al Kamel, or, The Pilgrim of Love, A Ramble Among the Hills, Legend of the Moor's Legacy, The Tower of Las Infantas, Legend of the Three Beautiful Princesses, Legend of the Rose of the Alhambra, The Veteran, The Governor and the Notary, Governor Manco and the Soldier, A Fete in the Alhambra, Legend of the Two Discreet Statues, The Crusade of the Grand Master of Alcántara, Spanish Romance, Legend of Don Munio Sancho de Hinojosa, Poets and Poetry of Moslem Andalus, An Expedition in Quest of a Diploma, The Legend of the Enchanted Soldier, Notes to «The Enchanted Soldier», and The Author's Farewell to Granada.

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"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, and Other Stories" is the collection of Washington Irving's stories originally published as «The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.» This collection of Washington Irving's stories are some of his most loved and includes the following: The Author's Account of Himself, The Voyage, Roscoe, The Wife, Rip Van Winkle, English Writers on America, Rural Life in England, The Broken Heart, The Art of Book-making, A Royal Poet, The Country Church, The Widow and her Son, A Sunday in London, The Boar's Head Tavern, The Mutability of Literature, Rural Funerals, The Inn Kitchen, The Spectre Bridegroom, Westminster Abbey, Christmas, The Stage-Coach, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, The Christmas Dinner, London Antiques, Little Britain, Stratford-on-Avon, Traits of Indian Character, Philip of Pokanoket, John Bull, The Pride of the Village, The Angler, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and L'Envoy

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Washington Irving (1783-1859), possibly America's first genuine internationally best-selling author, was best known for his short stories «The Legend of Sleepy Hollow» and «Rip Van Winkle.» As an author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century, he wrote numerous accounts of his travels. Some of his historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad, and George Washington as well as several histories of 15th century Spain dealing with subjects such as the Moors, Christopher Columbus, and Alhambra. Irving advocated for writing as a legitimate profession and argued for stronger laws to protect writers from copyright infringement. His diligence and popularity gained him recognition and praise from European writers such as Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron, Thomas Campbell, and Charles Dickens. In «Bracebridge Hall», Irving uses his popular pseudonym, Geoffrey Crayon, to narrate a series of more than fifty loosely connected short stories and essays. This episodic novel, published in 1822, was freely based on Ashton Hall, occupied by members of the Bracebridge family near his sister's home in Birmingham.

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Warm and delightfully festive, this charming and long forgotten holiday classic was inspired, in part, by Dickens' A Christmas Carol and other celebrations of old-time Yule. Splendid suppers and rural churches, cheerful dances, and hearty spirits imbue this short novel with the magic of the season.

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In a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane, an extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, competes with Abraham Van Brunt, for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel. As Crane leaves a party he attended at the Van Tassel home on an autumn night, he is pursued by the Headless Horseman. The Headless Horseman, is said to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper who had his head shot off by a stray cannonball, and «rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head», though the story implies that the Horseman was really Brom in disguise.

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