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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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent Washington Irving, Haskell S. Springer. " PENGUIN CLASSICS THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW AND OTHER STORIES.
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... STORIES WASHINGTON IRVING ( 1783–1859 ) , America's first successful pro- fessional writer , was born and raised in New York City . His literary talent manifesting itself early , he broke into print before he was twenty years old . In ...
... STORIES WASHINGTON IRVING ( 1783–1859 ) , America's first successful pro- fessional writer , was born and raised in New York City . His literary talent manifesting itself early , he broke into print before he was twenty years old . In ...
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... WASHINGTON IRVING The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories [ THE SKETCH BOOK OF GEOFFREY CRAYON , GENT . ] WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY WILLIAM L. HEDGES PENGUIN BOOKS PENGUIN BOOKS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (
... WASHINGTON IRVING The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories [ THE SKETCH BOOK OF GEOFFREY CRAYON , GENT . ] WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY WILLIAM L. HEDGES PENGUIN BOOKS PENGUIN BOOKS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (
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... Stories published in Penguin Books 1999 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 Copyright G. K. Hall & Co. , 1978 Introduction copyright © Viking Penguin Inc. , 1988 All rights reserved ISBN 0 14 04.3769 X ( CIP data available ) Printed in the United ...
... Stories published in Penguin Books 1999 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 Copyright G. K. Hall & Co. , 1978 Introduction copyright © Viking Penguin Inc. , 1988 All rights reserved ISBN 0 14 04.3769 X ( CIP data available ) Printed in the United ...
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... story as a distinct genre , still stand as undoubted American classics . And for readers who relish irony and burlesque humor , the wry , self - mocking imagination of Irving's persona , Geoffrey Crayon , has a way of redeeming most of ...
... story as a distinct genre , still stand as undoubted American classics . And for readers who relish irony and burlesque humor , the wry , self - mocking imagination of Irving's persona , Geoffrey Crayon , has a way of redeeming most of ...
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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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