Geoffrey Crayon

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fictional character literary persona narrator

Geoffrey Crayon is the fictional narrator and persona created by Washington Irving, best known for presenting tales such as those in "The Sketch Book," including "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. 2
Geoffrey Crayon (pseudonymous narrator) 1
Jonathan Oldstyle 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary persona ⓘ
narrator ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
surface form: Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
appearsIn The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ⓘ
associatedWithAuthor American Romanticism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Washington Irving ⓘ
describedAs American traveler in Europe ⓘ
gentleman ⓘ
fictionalUniverse works of Washington Irving ⓘ
firstAppearance The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ⓘ
genre essay ⓘ
short story ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
literaryForm frame narrator ⓘ
medium literature ⓘ
narrates Bracebridge Hall ⓘ
surface form: Bracebridge Hall sketches

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ⓘ
surface form: English Sketches in The Sketch Book

Old Christmas ⓘ
Rip Van Winkle ⓘ
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
observer ⓘ
traveler ⓘ
publicationCenturyOfFirstAppearance 19th century ⓘ
roleInWork mediator between author and reader ⓘ
usedAsPseudonymOf Washington Irving ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Geoffrey Crayon → alsoKnownAs → Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
Roscoe → creatorPseudonym → Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
Bracebridge Hall → featuresCharacter → Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
The Christmas Dinner → featuresCharacter → Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
Roscoe → hasNarrator → Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
Tarry Town → mentionedByNarrator → Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
this entity surface form: first-person frame narrator (Geoffrey Crayon)
this entity surface form: Geoffrey Crayon (pseudonymous narrator)
Rip Van Winkle → narrator → Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
The Country Church → narrator → Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
The Inn Kitchen → narrator → Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
The Mutability of Literature → narrator → Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
The Pride of the Village → narrator → Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
The Voyage → narrator → Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
Washington Irving → pseudonym → Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
Washington Irving → pseudonym → Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jonathan Oldstyle
Roscoe → pseudonymousAuthor → Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
The Inn Kitchen → pseudonymousAuthor → Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
The Voyage → pseudonymousAuthor → Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ