The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. is a collection of 34 essays and short stories written by Washington Irving. It includes stories about English folklore, rural English customs, and American history. Irving's humorous and vivid writing style brings these stories to life.

Titlepage

Imprint

Epigraph

Preface to the Revised Edition

The Author’s Account of Himself

The Voyage

Roscoe

The Wife

Rip Van Winkle

English Writers on America

Rural Life in England

The Broken Heart

The Art of Book-Making

A Royal Poet

The Country Church

The Widow and Her Son

A Sunday in London

The Boar’s Head Tavern, Eastcheap

The Mutability of Literature

Rural Funerals

The Inn Kitchen

The Spectre Bridegroom

Westminster Abbey

Christmas

The Stage Coach

Christmas Eve

Christmas Day

The Christmas Dinner

London Antiques

Little Britain

Stratford-on-Avon

Traits of Indian Character

Philip of Pokanoket

John Bull

The Pride of the Village

The Angler

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

L’Envoy

The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

Endnotes

Colophon

Uncopyright

fiction

fantasy

sports