Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - General Fiction, Short Stories, Travel Fiction

Authors: Washington Irving In Year : 1820

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

00 - Preface
01 - The Author's Account of Himself
02 - The Voyage
03 - Roscoe
04 - The Wife
05 - Rip Van Winkle
06 - English Writers on America
07 - Rural Life in England
08 - The Broken Heart
09 - The Art of Book-making
10 - A Royal Poet
11 - The Country Church
12 - The Widow and her Son
13 - A Sunday in London
14 - The Boar's Head Tavern
15 - The Mutability of Literature
16 - Rural Funerals
17 - The Inn Kitchen
18 - The Spectre Bridegroom
19 - Westminster Abbey
20 - Christmas
21 - The Stage-Coach
22 - Christmas Eve
23 - Christmas Day
24 - The Christmas Dinner
25 - London Antiques
26 - Little Britain
27 - Stratford-on-Avon
28 - Traits of Indian Character
29 - Philip of Pokanoket
30 - John Bull
31 - The Pride of the Village
32 - The Angler
33 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, part 1
34 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, part 2
35 - L'Envoy

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, with "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" being inspired by a folktale recorded by Karl Musäus. Stories range from the maudlin (such as "The Wife" and "The Widow and Her Son") to the picaresque ("Little Britain") and the comical ("The Mutability of Literature"), but the common thread running through The Sketch Book — and a key part of its attraction to readers — is the personality of Irving's pseudonymous narrator, Geoffrey Crayon. Erudite, charming, and never one to make himself more interesting than his tales, Crayon holds The Sketch Book together through the sheer power of his personality - and Irving would, for the rest of his life, seamlessly enmesh Crayon's persona with his own public reputation. (Introduction by Wikipedia)