Sign-In
Cart
The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon (1819): Collection of 34 Essays and Short Stories
Paperback
Currently unavailable to order
Please enter your email and a message will be sent to you when this product becomes available on our website.
ISBN10: 1731470150
ISBN13: 9781731470157
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 17 2018
Pages: 474
Weight: 1.38
Height: 0.95 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781731470157
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 17 2018
Pages: 474
Weight: 1.38
Height: 0.95 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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 the American author Washington Irving. It was published serially throughout 1819 and 1820. The collection includes two of Irving's best-known stories, attributed to the fictional Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker: 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.The Sketch Book, along with James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, was among first widely read works of American literature in Britain and Europe. It also helped advance the reputation of American writers with an international audience......Washington Irving (April 3, 1783
Also in
General Fiction
The Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, and Mother's Milk
St Aubyn, Edward
Paperback
From $9.99
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
Kuang, R. F.
Paperback
From $12.99