The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories: The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, GentPenguin, 1999 - 339 σελίδες 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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... need , in the face of the frequent re- minders he has of the " mutability " of earthly things , to hold firm to the idea of Shakespeare's universal appeal . Irving had been living and traveling in England for almost vii INTRODUCTION.
... need , in the face of the frequent re- minders he has of the " mutability " of earthly things , to hold firm to the idea of Shakespeare's universal appeal . Irving had been living and traveling in England for almost vii INTRODUCTION.
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... things leads him through narrow gateways and dark passages to mo- mentarily frightening encounters with personages who seem oddities from a forgotten world . Crayon's self - characterization begins with the title page epigraph taken ...
... things leads him through narrow gateways and dark passages to mo- mentarily frightening encounters with personages who seem oddities from a forgotten world . Crayon's self - characterization begins with the title page epigraph taken ...
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... thing into heart and confidence . Your literary proposal both surprises and flatters me , as it evinces a much higher opinion of my talents than I have myself . " I then went on to explain that I found myself peculiarly unfitted for the ...
... thing into heart and confidence . Your literary proposal both surprises and flatters me , as it evinces a much higher opinion of my talents than I have myself . " I then went on to explain that I found myself peculiarly unfitted for the ...
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... thing , that you have only to be known to the British public to be admired by them , and I would not say so unless I ... things during their earlier years . I think I told you that Walter is sweeping the firmament with a feather like a ...
... thing , that you have only to be known to the British public to be admired by them , and I would not say so unless I ... things during their earlier years . I think I told you that Walter is sweeping the firmament with a feather like a ...
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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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