THE CHOIR, WESTMINSTER ABBEY, LOOKING EAST from the book ' The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent ' by Washington Irving, 1783-1859; Publication date 1895 Publisher New York : Putnam's Sons The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., commonly referred to as The Sketch Book, is a collection of 34 essays and short stories written by the American author Washington Irving. It was published serially throughout 1819 and 1820. The collection includes two of Irving's best-known stories, attributed to the fictional Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van


THE CHOIR, WESTMINSTER ABBEY, LOOKING EAST from the book ' The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent ' by Washington Irving, 1783-1859; Publication date 1895 Publisher New York : Putnam's Sons The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., commonly referred to as The Sketch Book, is a collection of 34 essays and short stories written by the American author Washington Irving. It was published serially throughout 1819 and 1820. The collection includes two of Irving's best-known stories, attributed to the fictional Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". It also marks Irving's first use of the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon, which he would continue to employ throughout his literary career.


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