Tales of a Traveller

  • 1824 first published
  • 🎧 12 h 34 min free audiobook

Tales of a Traveller is an 1824 adventure fiction novel by Washington Irving.

A free LibriVox audiobook (12 h 34 min) is available.

About Tales of a Traveller

Writing under the pseudonym, Geoffrey Crayon, Washington Irving chronicled his travels through Europe in the early 1820’s. He wrote of people he met, places he saw and stories he was told. In fact, much of the work is recounting tales told to him by those with exotic adventures that were waiting to be shared. “Tales of a Traveler” is broken up into four separate parts or “Books,” as Irving called them. The final book is almost a post-script to “Knickerbocker’s History of New York” as he tells stories and describes Manhattan Island and nearby lands as they were almost two hundred years ago. This rough land, still mostly wilderness, had the fingerprints of the early Dutch colonists evident throughout. (Greg Giordano) To Nancy, whose determination and faith brought her through our darkest hour.
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Tales of a Traveller — LibriVox recording, 12 h 34 min in 38 sections.

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Who wrote Tales of a Traveller?

Tales of a Traveller was written by Washington Irving and first published in 1824.

What genre is Tales of a Traveller?

It is usually shelved as Adventure.

Is there a free audiobook of Tales of a Traveller?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 12 h 34 min.

What books are similar to Tales of a Traveller?

Readers who like it often enjoy Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, II, Little Women and Treasure Island.

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