Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists

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book fictional work short story collection

Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists is a collection of interconnected short stories by Washington Irving that humorously depict English country life and customs in the early 19th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
fictional work ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ
author Washington Irving ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts English country life ⓘ
English customs ⓘ
featuresCharacter Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
Squire Bracebridge ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1822 ⓘ
genre humorous fiction ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
sketches ⓘ
hasPart Dolph Heyliger ⓘ
Boar’s Head Tavern ⓘ
surface form: The Boar’s Head Tavern

The Busy Man ⓘ
The Country Church ⓘ
The Family Meeting ⓘ
The Forest Trees ⓘ
The Haunted House ⓘ
The Literary Antiquary ⓘ
The Lovers ⓘ
The Lovers’ Stratagem ⓘ
The Rookery ⓘ
The Schoolmaster ⓘ
The Stage-Coach ⓘ
The Storm-Ship ⓘ
The Stout Gentleman ⓘ
The Strolling Manager ⓘ
The Spanish Jew's Tale ⓘ
surface form: The Student of Salamanca

The Student of Salamanca (story) ⓘ
The Widow ⓘ
The Widow ⓘ
surface form: The Widow’s Retinue
language English ⓘ
literaryForm frame narrative ⓘ
literaryMovement American Romanticism ⓘ
mainLocation Bracebridge Hall ⓘ
surface form: Bracebridge Hall (fictional estate)
narrativeForm interconnected short stories ⓘ
narrator Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
surface form: Geoffrey Crayon (pseudonymous narrator)
notableFor detailed observation of manners and customs ⓘ
humorous portrayal of English rural gentry ⓘ
originalPublisher C. S. Van Winkle ⓘ
John Murray V ⓘ
surface form: John Murray
placeOfFirstPublication London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
pseudonymUsed Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
relatedWork Tales of a Traveller ⓘ
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ⓘ
setting England NERFINISHED ⓘ
English countryside ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted early 19th century ⓘ

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