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The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Washington Irving
The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent
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In The Sketch-Book (1820-21), Irving explores the uneasy relationship of an American writer to English literary traditions. In two sketches, he experiments with tales transplanted from Europe, thereby creating the first classic American short stories, Rip Van Winkle, and The Legend of Sleepy... show more
In The Sketch-Book (1820-21), Irving explores the uneasy relationship of an American writer to English literary traditions. In two sketches, he experiments with tales transplanted from Europe, thereby creating the first classic American short stories, Rip Van Winkle, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Based on Irving's final revision of his most popular work, this new edition includes comprehensive explanatory notes of The Sketch-Book's sources for the modern reader.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780192838872 (0192838873)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages no: 392
Edition language: English
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1st Avenue
1st Avenue rated it
3.5 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
Not as scary as I remember, but still a classic October read.Over the years, I've read, watched, and listened to a number of headless horseman retellings of Irving's tale, which watered down the original story's impact. So while rereading is fun, the experience isn't as good as when I first read it ...
Aren's Library
Aren's Library rated it
3.0 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Writings
Nice scary story.
AmyM
AmyM rated it
3.5
soireb
soireb rated it
4.0 The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent (Oxford World's Classics)
Bought this ebook primarily because I was assigned a few of its short story in my North American Writters class. The stories are amazing, my favorite ones are "Rip Van Winkle" and of course "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". This particular edition was free on Amazon.com and although it is very well org...
N.T. Embe
N.T. Embe rated it
It's been a long time since I had the pleasure of sitting down and reading pieces of literature written in a time before these last couple of decades, and this one did not disappoint. Mind you, while I'm reading this for my American Literature of the 19th Century class (English Major~ Who'd have gue...
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