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The Alhambra

The Alhambra

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THE ALHAMBRA



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TOWER OF THE PRINCESSES.



Image not available: Title page: Fulton Edition THE WORKS OF WASHINGTON IRVING THE ALHAMBRA NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. 1910

PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION

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.

The papers thus roughly sketched out lay for three or four years in my portfolio, until I found myself in London, in 1832, on the eve of returning to the United States. I then endeavored to arrange them for the press, but the preparations for departure did not allow sufficient leisure. Several were thrown aside as incomplete; the rest were put together somewhat hastily and in rather a crude and chaotic manner.

In the present edition I have revised and rearranged the whole work, enlarged some parts, and added others, including the papers originally omitted; and have thus endeavored to render it more complete and more worthy of the indulgent reception with which it has been favored.

W. I.

Sunnyside 1851.

CONTENTS

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The Journey 1
Palace of the Alhambra 33
Important Negotiations 47
Inhabitants of the Alhambra 54
The Hall of Ambassadors 58
The Jesuits’ Library 64
Alhamar, the Founder of the Alhambra 65
Yusef Abul Hagig 72
The Mysterious Chambers

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