“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.”

About Washington Irving

Author • American

Washington Irving was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, and historian of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," both of...

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