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Washington Irving Classics: The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon With The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, & Tales of a Traveller

Geoffrey Crayon

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This edition binds together The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon including The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with Tales of a Traveller, which was also published under Washington's Geoffrey Crayon pseudonym.

Apart from "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" — the pieces which made both Irving and The Sketch Book famous — other tales include "Roscoe", "The Broken Heart", "The Art of Book-making", "A Royal Poet", "The Spectre Bridegroom", "Westminster Abbey", "Little Britain", and "John Bull", His stories were highly influenced by German folktales,[1] with "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" being inspired by a folktale recorded by Karl Musäus. Tales of a Traveller was written while Washington lived in Europe.

Language: English

Pages: 618

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Pearl Necklace Books

Release: October 09, 2013

Washington Irving Classics: The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon With The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, & Tales of a Traveller

Geoffrey Crayon

3.1/5 ( ratings)

This edition binds together The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon including The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with Tales of a Traveller, which was also published under Washington's Geoffrey Crayon pseudonym.

Apart from "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" — the pieces which made both Irving and The Sketch Book famous — other tales include "Roscoe", "The Broken Heart", "The Art of Book-making", "A Royal Poet", "The Spectre Bridegroom", "Westminster Abbey", "Little Britain", and "John Bull", His stories were highly influenced by German folktales,[1] with "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" being inspired by a folktale recorded by Karl Musäus. Tales of a Traveller was written while Washington lived in Europe.

Language: English

Pages: 618

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Pearl Necklace Books

Release: October 09, 2013

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