The Sketch Book of Geoffrey CrayonThe Floating Press, 01.04.2009 - 595 Seiten The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon is the compilation of 34 short stories and essays by Washington Irving. It includes some of his most famous stories, such as The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle, and was one of the first works of American fiction to become popular in Britain and Europe. The tone of the stories varies widely, and they are held together by the powerful charm of their narrator, Geoffrey Crayon. |
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English Writers on America | 88 |
Rural Life in England | 103 |
Westminster Abbey | 266 |
Christmas | 284 |
The StageCoach | 293 |
Christmas Eve | 304 |
Christmas Day | 322 |
The Christmas Dinner | 343 |
London Antiques | 365 |
Little Britain | 375 |
The Broken Heart | 115 |
The Art of BookMaking | 125 |
A Royal Poet | 136 |
The Country Church | 158 |
The Widow and Her Son | 167 |
A Sunday in London | 179 |
The Boars Head Tavern Eastcheap | 183 |
The Mutability of Literature | 201 |
Rural Funerals | 217 |
The Inn Kitchen | 236 |
The Spectre Bridegroom | 240 |
StratfordOnAvon | 397 |
Traits of Indian Character | 427 |
Philip of Pokanoket | 445 |
John Bull | 472 |
The Pride of the Village | 490 |
The Angler | 505 |
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | 520 |
Lenvoy | 572 |
Endnotes | 576 |
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