The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

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book essay collection short story collection

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. is an 1819–1820 collection of short stories and essays by Washington Irving that helped establish his reputation and American literature’s international standing.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book → essay collection → short story collection →
author	Washington Irving →
containsWork	Christmas → Philip of Pokanoket → Rip Van Winkle → Roscoe → Rural Funerals → Stratford-on-Avon → The Angler → The Art of Book-Making → The Boar’s Head Tavern, Eastcheap → The Broken Heart → The Christmas Dinner → The Country Church → The Inn Kitchen → The Legend of Sleepy Hollow → The Mutability of Literature → The Pride of the Village → The Spectre Bridegroom → The Voyage → The Widow and Her Son → The Wife → The Wife’s Story → Westminster Abbey →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
firstCompleteBookEditionYear	1820 →
firstPublisher	C. S. Van Winkle →
genre	essays → short stories →
hasTheme	American identity → folklore and legend → nostalgia → transatlantic culture →
language	English →
literaryMovement	American Romanticism →
narrativeFrame	fictional persona of Geoffrey Crayon →
narrator	Geoffrey Crayon →
notableFor	advancing the international standing of American literature → helping establish Washington Irving’s literary reputation →
originalPublicationFormat	serial →
originalPublicationLocation	New York City →
publicationEndYear	1820 →
publicationStartYear	1819 →
setting	England → United States →

Referenced by (45)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abraham Van Brunt → Rip Van Winkle → Roscoe → Rural Life in England ("Washington Irving's English sketches") → The Christmas Dinner → The Inn Kitchen → The Pride of the Village → The Spectre Bridegroom → The Voyage → The Widow and Her Son →	partOf
Dame Van Winkle → Rip Van Winkle → The Christmas Dinner → The Legend of Sleepy Hollow → The Widow and Her Son → the Baron →	firstPublishedIn
Roscoe → The Country Church → The Inn Kitchen → The Mutability of Literature →	collection
Geoffrey Crayon → Headless Horseman → Ichabod Crane → Tarry Town →	firstAppearance
Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists → Rural Life in England → The Alhambra →	relatedWork
Geoffrey Crayon → Geoffrey Crayon ("English Sketches in The Sketch Book") →	narrates
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ("The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories") →	alternateTitle
Geoffrey Crayon →	appearsIn
Katrina Van Tassel →	appearsInCollection
Brom Bones →	firstPublication
The Inn Kitchen →	firstPublicationMedium
The Mutability of Literature →	firstPublishedAsPartOf
Washington Irving →	notableWork
The Voyage →	openingWorkOf
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow →	partOfCollection
Sleepy Hollow →	partOfWorkCollection
The Pride of the Village →	publicationMedium
Bracebridge Hall →	relatedWorkByAuthor
Nicholas Vedder →	workCollection
Judith Gardenier →	workFirstPublishedIn
The Mutability of Literature ("The Sketch Book essays") →	workInSeries
Baltus Van Tassel →	workPublishedIn