EPISODE · May 25, 2026 · 13 MIN
Tales of a Traveller Section 18 - Buckthorne, Part Five
from The Washington Irving Library · host Washington Irving
In which the narrator, wandering the poetic cloisters and libraries of Oxford, finds himself entangled in the youthful follies of romantic infatuation, culminating in a comic escapade thwarted by a watchful father and a sprained ankle. Upon the death of his stern father, he inherits a melancholy estate and sets out for London, passing through familiar haunts and reflecting on old friendships and faded adventures with a mingling of wistfulness and newfound resolve.
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In which the narrator, wandering the poetic cloisters and libraries of Oxford, finds himself entangled in the youthful follies of romantic infatuation, culminating in a comic escapade thwarted by a watchful father and a sprained ankle. Upon the death of his stern father, he inherits a melancholy estate and sets out for London, passing through familiar haunts and reflecting on old friendships and faded adventures with a mingling of wistfulness and newfound resolve.
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