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Washington Irving

American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. He was best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", both of which appear in his book "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent" (Wikipedia).

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Born 3 April 1783
Died 28 November 1859

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  • Cover of: A history of New York from the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch dynasty: containing, among many surprising and curious matters ... ...

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  • Cover of: The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

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  • Cover of: The Alhambra

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  • Cover of: Astoria, or, Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains

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  • Cover of: Bracebridge Hall: or, The humorists : a medley

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  • Cover of: Rip Van Winkle: and The legend of Sleepy Hollow

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  • Cover of: Works of Washington Irving

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  • Cover of: Mahomet and his successors

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  • Cover of: The life of George Washington

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  • Cover of: Oliver Goldsmith: a biography

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  • Cover of: The life and voyages of Christopher Columbus: to which are added those of his companions

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  • Cover of: Tales of a traveller.

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  • Cover of: Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

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  • Cover of: Salmagundi: or, The whim-whams and opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, esq., and others

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  • Cover of: Chronicle of the conquest of Granada

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  • Cover of: The adventures of Captain Bonneville

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  • Cover of: Mark Twain's Library of Humour

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  • Cover of: The complete works of Washington Irving

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  • Cover of: Old Christmas: from the Sketch book of Washington Irving.

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  • Cover of: The Crayon miscellany.

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Born 3 April 1783
Died 28 November 1859

Subjects

Fiction, History, Description and travel, Children's fiction, American literature, short story, American Horror tales, Biography, short stories, American Short stories, Social life and customs, horror, Discovery and exploration, Classic Literature, Juvenile fiction, catalepsy, gothic fiction, Horror stories, Indians of North America, Short stories, burial vaults, dragons, hermitages, heroic romances, hysteria

Places

United States, Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.), England, Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.), West (U.S.), Northwestern States, Spain, America, New York (State), Oklahoma, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, Massachusetts, Granada (Kingdom), Florida, New England, Salem Village, États du Nord-Ouest (États-Unis), Astoria (Or.), Fountain of Youth, India, Italy, États-Unis (Ouest), Amérique du Nord, Canada

People

Washington Irving (1783-1859), Christopher Columbus, Ethelred, Madeline Usher, Roderick Usher, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (1796-1878), George Washington (1732-1799), Peyton Farquhar, Devil, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Colonel Killigrew, Dr. Heidegger, Mr. Gascoigne, Mr. Medbourne, Sylvia Ward, Widow Wycherley, Beatrice Rappaccini, C. Auguste Dupin, Elizabeth, Father Time, Fortunato, Giacomo Rappaccini, Giovanni Guasconti

Time

19th century, Spanish Conquest, 1476-1492, 1861-1865, 1861-65, 1600s, 711-1516, American Civil War, 1775-1865, 18th century, Jusqu'à 1848, To 1848, Antebellum era, Civil War, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1775-1783, Carnival, 1692, 1713-1763 (New France), 711-1492 (Période arabe), Arab period, 711-1492, Civil War, 1861-1865, Conquest, 1519-1540, Conquest, 1522-1548, Revolution, 1775-1783, To 1810

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  • Jonathan Oldstyle
  • Washington Irving, Esqr.
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  • Geoffrey Crayon
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  • Geoffrey (Washington Irving) Crayon
  • Washington Irving Geoffrey Crayon
  • Geoffrey Gent Crayon

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