The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Washington Irving
- First Published: 1819
- Type of Work: Short stories and essays
- Genres: Nonfiction, Short fiction, Essays
- Subjects: New York, United States or Americans, Prisons, Nineteenth century, England or English people, Storytelling, Shipwrecks, Great Britain
Irving's The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. was first published in 1819 and 1820 in the United States in seven paperbound installments and then in two volumes in England. It became an immediate best seller in both countries and started a line of other “sketch books” as imitative writers sought to capitalize on its success. The Sketch Book remains Irving's most important, influential, and popular work.
Irving became an overnight literary sensation and the first American writer to be lionized in England and Europe. The author, living in England at the time...
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