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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

Influences

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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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Washington Irving’s books

Average rating: 3.81 · 258,465 ratings · 14,279 reviews · 6,155 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 3.78 avg rating — 149,288 ratings — published 1820 — 33 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 3.60 avg rating — 18,140 ratings — published 1819 — 728 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 — 5,539 ratings — published 1832 — 1048 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 — 5,214 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 — 2,908 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 — 1,545 ratings — published 1820 — 407 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 — 1,510 ratings — published 1819 — 1251 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 — 654 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.”
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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

February 2016 Old School Classic Poll

1853, Villette by Charlotte Brontë, 573 pages

24 votes, 16.3%

1896, The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells, 160 pages

22 votes, 15.0%

1516, Utopia by Thomas More, 135 pages

18 votes, 12.2%

1820, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving, 108 pages

17 votes, 11.6%

1869, The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 667 pages

15 votes, 10.2%

1603, Othello by William Shakespeare, 314 pages

14 votes, 9.5%

1794, The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe, 654 pages

10 votes, 6.8%

1678, The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, 324 pages

7 votes, 4.8%

1796, The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis, 386 pages

7 votes, 4.8%

1764, The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, 125 pages

4 votes, 2.7%

1853, Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell, 432 pages

4 votes, 2.7%

1896, The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett, 224 pages

2 votes, 1.4%

1788, Emmeline by Charlotte Turner Smith, 520 pages

2 votes, 1.4%

1832, Indiana by George Sand, 278 pages

1 vote, 0.7%

147 total votes

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