The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories: The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, GentPenguin, 1999 - 339 страници 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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... look into German folklore , which he discussed with Walter Scott on a visit to Abbottsford in 1817. He delib- erately chose the format of the miscellany so as to appeal to a diversity of tastes . No longer trying to startle and unsettle ...
... look into German folklore , which he discussed with Walter Scott on a visit to Abbottsford in 1817. He delib- erately chose the format of the miscellany so as to appeal to a diversity of tastes . No longer trying to startle and unsettle ...
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... look no further than the third paragraph of " The Author's Account of Himself , " where we find Crayon rhythmically extolling America's " mighty lakes , like oceans of liquid silver ; her mountains with their bright aerial tints ; her ...
... look no further than the third paragraph of " The Author's Account of Himself , " where we find Crayon rhythmically extolling America's " mighty lakes , like oceans of liquid silver ; her mountains with their bright aerial tints ; her ...
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... looks on wistfully as three boys , returning from school for the holidays , reach their destination , are reunited with their pet animals , and walk up the road " to a neat country seat , " where their mother and sisters are waiting ...
... looks on wistfully as three boys , returning from school for the holidays , reach their destination , are reunited with their pet animals , and walk up the road " to a neat country seat , " where their mother and sisters are waiting ...
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... look over the literary articles I had forwarded to him , and , if he thought they would bear European republication , to ascertain whether Mr. Constable would be inclined to be the publisher . The parcel containing my work went by coach ...
... look over the literary articles I had forwarded to him , and , if he thought they would bear European republication , to ascertain whether Mr. Constable would be inclined to be the publisher . The parcel containing my work went by coach ...
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... look to no leading bookseller for a launch , but to throw my work before the public at my own risk , and let it sink or swim according to its merits . I wrote to that effect to Scott , and soon received a reply : " I observe with ...
... look to no leading bookseller for a launch , but to throw my work before the public at my own risk , and let it sink or swim according to its merits . I wrote to that effect to Scott , and soon received a reply : " I observe with ...
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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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