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The sketch book the angler washington irving irving, washington 17831859 an american historian, biographer, and essayist who also served as ambassador to spain 184246. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. This new edition is a good, readable volume im not afraid to handle. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. The angler 181920 part of the sketch book of geoffrey crayon, gent. Condensed from the larger work of washington irving. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the sketchbook. Additional formats may also be available from the main gutenberg. Its not the history of astoria at all, even though thats the subtitle. They dwell on the beautiful story of the origin of our faith, and the pastoral. The adventures of captain bonneville gutenberg text. The collection includes two of irving s bestknown stories, attributed to the fictional dutch historian diedrich knickerbocker. 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. It was published serially throughout 1819 and 1820.
The sketchbook of geoffrey crayon by washington irving. Washington irving introduction principal works criticism further reading has also written under the pseudonyms geoffrey crayon, diedrich knickerbocker, fray antonio agapida, launcelot langstaff, and jonathan oldstyle american short story writer, essayist, biographer, and historian the following entry presents criticism on irving. Through a chance meeting with an old friend he is able to experience christmas in a stately manor house. Irving is best known for his short stories the legend of sleepy washington irving was an american author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. The sketch book of geoffrey crayon washington irvings. I have no wife nor children, good or bad, to provide for. Washington irving first made an international literary splash with the essay collection the sketch book of geoffrey crayon, gent. Each of the three copies at the morgan has a special story to tell about the design and manufacture of this famous book. Project gutenberg presents the sketch book of geoffrey crayon by washington irving. The sketch book of geoffrey crayon washington irving s collectorss edition irving, washington on. For young persons and for the use of schools tri noveloj you can also look up this author on the online books page, which may list additional titles from other sites. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
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