Tales of the Alhambra

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  • Tales of the Alhambra Book Detail

  • Author : Washington Irving
  • Release Date : 2016-08-21
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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  • Pages : 314
  • ISBN 13 : 9781537146249
  • File Size : 31,31 MB
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Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving PDF Summary

Book Description: Rough draughts of some of the following tales and essays were actually written during a residence in the Alhambra; others were subsequently added, founded on notes and observations made there. Care was taken to maintain local coloring and verisimilitude; so that the whole might present a faithful and living picture of that microcosm, that singular little world into which I had been fortuitously thrown; and about which the external world had a very imperfect idea. It was my endeavor scrupulously to depict its half Spanish, half Oriental character; its mixture of the heroic, the poetic, and the grotesque; to revive the traces of grace and beauty fast fading from its walls; to record the regal and chivalrous traditions concerning those who once trod its courts; and the whimsical and superstitious legends of the motley race now burrowing among its ruins.

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