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作者简介华盛顿·欧文(Washington Irving,1783~1859),19世纪美国散文家、短篇小说家和传记作家,出生于纽约一个富商家庭,是11个孩子中最小的一个。欧文15岁从私立学校毕业后在一家律师事务所学习法律,后投身文学创作,1804年游历欧洲,为以后的文学创作积累了丰富的素材。除了文学创作外,欧文还曾担任美国驻英国公使馆秘书和美国驻西班牙公使,1846年回国后主要进行传记作品创作。欧文身材矮小、体弱多病,但他聪颖好学、善良敏感,创作了不少优秀的小
About the Author Washington Irving (1783 ~ 1859), a 19th Century American essayist, short story writer and biographer, was born in New York to a wealthy businessman and is the youngest of 11 children. Owen, aged 15, studied law at a law firm after graduating from a private school and later became involved in literature. In 1804, he traveled to Europe and accumulated rich material for later literary creation. In addition to his literary creation, Owen also served as Secretary of the U.S. Embassy in the United Kingdom and as the U.S. Minister in Spain. After returning to China in 1846, he mainly wrote biographies. Owen short stature, infirm, but he is clever and studious, kind-hearted, created a lot of good small