| When Washington Irving first published this collection of essays, sketches, and tales--originally entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.--readers greeted it with enthusiasm, and Irving emerged as America s first successful professional author."The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle," two of America s most recognizable and loved works of fiction, display Irving s ability to depict American landscapes and culture so vividly that readers feel themselves a part of them. And it is on the basis of these two classic tales that Irving is generally credited with inventing the short story as a distinct literary genre. This volume also contains gently ironic pieces about life in England that reflect the author s interest in the traditions of the Old World and his longings for his home in the New. |
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