Creative Quotations from Washington Irving (1783-1859) born on Apr 3 US short-story writer; wrote Rip Van Winkle" & Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Washington Irving. * 1783-1859 * First international literary celebrity of the U.S. * Humorist and satirist (satire: literature that mocks and scorns).
Washington Irving: Passport to American Romanticism
“Rip Van Winkle”
