Wolfert's Roost
Author | : Washington Irving |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 1855 |
ISBN-10 | : UOMDLP:acb1583:0001.001 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Download or read book Wolfert's Roost written by Washington Irving and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains five pieces that might be called short stories: "Mountjoy," a first-person story that originally was to have been developed into a novel entitled "Rosalie"; "The Widow's Ordeal," a story of judicial combat gleaned from the annals of Spain; "The Grand Prior of Minorca," heard from a Knight of Malta who "loved to let his imagination carry him away"; "Guests from Gibbet Island," a legend of Communipaw found among the Knickerbocker papers at Wolfert's Roost; and "The Adalantado of the Seven Cities: A Legend of St. Brandan." Also of interest are two fanciful pieces which lack sufficient plot development to be called short stories: "Don Juan: A Spectral Research," about an amorous Spanish cavalier's encounter with his own funeral, and "Legend of the Engulphed Convent," about a convent miraculously swallowed up in the earth just as ravaging Moors broke down its gate.