by Washington Irving · Ediciones Cátedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437614908
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«Cuentos de la Alhambra» is the collection of stories by Washington Irving published by Ediciones Cátedra in paperback (544 pages, in Spanish).
Washington Irving wrote these stories following his stay in Spain between 1826 and 1829; in them he recreates traditional legends and scenes linked to the Alhambra palace in Granada, with an imagination that turns the monument and its characters into a journey to the romantic past of the nineteenth century.
This work was originally published as «Tales of the Alhambra» in 1832; this volume belongs to the Letras Universales collection from Cátedra, number 246.
Suitable for readers of classic literature and travel narratives, as well as for those interested in the legends and history of Granada.
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.
