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The Alhambra - Washington Irving
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ISBN10: 1604244283
ISBN13: 9781604244281
Publisher: Standard Pubn Inc
Published: Nov 8 2007
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.39
Height: 0.76 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781604244281
Publisher: Standard Pubn Inc
Published: Nov 8 2007
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.39
Height: 0.76 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
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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