The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon - Washington Irving

The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon

By Washington Irving

  • Release Date: 2010-01-01
  • Genre: Short Stories

Description

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., commonly referred to as The Sketch Book, is a collection of 34 essays and short stories written by Washington Irving. Published serially throughout 1819 and 1820, the collection includes two of Irving's best-known works, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." It also marks Irving's first use of the pseudonym "Geoffrey Crayon," which he would continue to employ throughout his literary career.

— Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Table of Contents

The Voyage
Roscoe
The Wife
Rip Van Winkle
English Writers On America
Rural Life In England
The Broken Heart
The Art Of Book-Making
A Royal Poet
The Country Church
The Widow And Her Son
A Sunday In London
The Boar's Head Tavern, Eastcheap
The Mutability Of Literature
Rural Funerals
The Inn Kitchen
The Spectre Bridegroom
Westminster Abbey
Christmas
The Stage-Coach
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
The Christmas Dinner
London Antiques
Little Britain
Stratford-on-Avon
Traits of Indian Character
Philip of Pokanoket
John Bull
The Pride of The Village
The Angler
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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