The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories: The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, GentPenguin, 1999 - 339 Seiten Before the fall premiere of the new television series, read the original legend of Ichabod Crane, the Headless Horseman, and the singularly spooky town of Sleepy Hollow in Washington Irving's classic book When Washington Irving first published this collection of essays, sketches, and tales?originally entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.?readers greeted it with enthusiasm, and Irving emerged as America's first successful professional author. This volume includes "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle," two of America's most recognizable and loved works of fiction and displays Irving's ability to depict American landscapes and culture so vividly that readers feel themselves a part of them. And it is on the basis of these two classic tales that Irving is generally credited with inventing the short story as a distinct literary genre. Also included here are gently ironic pieces about life in England that reflect the author's interest in the traditions of the Old World and his longings for his home in the New. |
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... sometimes done , is to miss its finer points and misunderstand Crayon . His England is admittedly only touristic , the product of " idle humour " and " vagrant imagination , " something he half- laughs at himself for offering the reader ...
... sometimes done , is to miss its finer points and misunderstand Crayon . His England is admittedly only touristic , the product of " idle humour " and " vagrant imagination , " something he half- laughs at himself for offering the reader ...
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... sometimes treating of scenes before him ; sometimes of others purely imaginary , and sometimes wandering back with his recollections to his native country . " These are Crayon's own words about himself in his " Prospectus " for the ...
... sometimes treating of scenes before him ; sometimes of others purely imaginary , and sometimes wandering back with his recollections to his native country . " These are Crayon's own words about himself in his " Prospectus " for the ...
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... sometimes hinting that Dame Van Winkle's shrewishness may be a function of her husband's reluctance to work his land , Rip's story is largely sympathetic to his " idle humour " and " vagrant imagination . " Following them away from his ...
... sometimes hinting that Dame Van Winkle's shrewishness may be a function of her husband's reluctance to work his land , Rip's story is largely sympathetic to his " idle humour " and " vagrant imagination . " Following them away from his ...
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... sometimes by the delineations of beauty , sometimes by the distortions of caricature and sometimes by the loveliness of landscape . As it is the fashion for modern tourists to travel pencil in hand , and bring home their portfolios ...
... sometimes by the delineations of beauty , sometimes by the distortions of caricature and sometimes by the loveliness of landscape . As it is the fashion for modern tourists to travel pencil in hand , and bring home their portfolios ...
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THE VOYAGE | 11 |
ROSCOE | 16 |
THE WIFE | 22 |
RIP VAN WINKLE | 29 |
ENGLISH WRITERS ON AMERICA | 43 |
RURAL LIFE IN ENGLAND | 50 |
THE BROKEN HEART | 56 |
THE ART OF BOOK MAKING | 61 |
THE STAGE COACH | 153 |
CHRISTMAS EVE | 159 |
CHRISTMAS DAY | 169 |
THE CHRISTMAS DINNER | 180 |
LONDON ANTIQUES | 192 |
LITTLE BRITAIN | 197 |
STRATFORDONAVON | 209 |
TRAITS OF INDIAN CHARACTER | 225 |
A ROYAL POET | 67 |
THE COUNTRY CHURCH | 79 |
THE WIDOW AND HER SON | 83 |
A SUNDAY IN LONDON | 89 |
THE BOARS HEAD TAVERN EAST CHEAP | 91 |
THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE | 100 |
RURAL FUNERALS | 109 |
THE INN KITCHEN | 119 |
THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM | 121 |
WESTMINSTER ABBEY | 134 |
Christmas | 147 |
PHILIP OF POKANOKET | 234 |
JOHN BULL | 248 |
THE PRIDE OF THE VILLAGE | 257 |
THE ANGLER | 264 |
THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW | 272 |
LENVOY | 298 |
PROSPECTUS TO THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION | 301 |
ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST BRITISH EDITION | 303 |
NOTES | 305 |
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