by Washington Irving · FisicalBook · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423986798
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«Cuentos de la Alhambra» is Washington Irving's collection of tales published by Espasa in paperback (243 pages, in Spanish).
The work brings together tales set in the Alhambra of Granada in which the author combines history, legend and folklore to recreate the atmosphere of the Andalusian city and evoke the beauty of the monument.
Originally published as Tales of the Alhambra in 1832, it belongs to Espasa's Centenary Collection and includes a translation by José Ventura Traveset and an edition by Antonio Gallego Morell.
For readers of classic literature and travel writing interested in 19th-century Granada and the legends surrounding the Alhambra.
Washington Irving was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad, and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with subjects such as the Alhambra, Christopher Columbus, and the Moors. Irving served as the American ambassador to Spain in the 1840s.
