Washington Irving - A Short Story Collection
Washington Irving was born on 3rd April, 1783, the youngest of 11, in New York.
Irving found his real interests away from school in literature and the theatre. An outbreak of yellow fever at 15 moved him away from Manhattan and into the surrounding countryside providing valuable settings for later works such as ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’.
By 19 Irving was writing regularly to the New York Morni...
Washington Irving was born on 3rd April, 1783, the youngest of 11, in New York.
Irving found his real interests away from school in literature and the theatre. An outbreak of yellow fever at 15 moved him away from Manhattan and into the surrounding countryside providing valuable settings for later works such as ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’.
By 19 Irving was writing regularly to the New York Morni...
