Written by Washington Irving

Old Christmas From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving

by Washington Irving

Old Christmas From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving is a fiction story set in pre-Victorian England Christmas celebrations conceived by the author during his visit to England. While traveling in a public coach Irving had met his old friend, and he invited him to his country estate to attend the Christmas dinner arranged by his father. The ol..

The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon

by Washington Irving

The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon is a collection of short stories and essays written by American writer Washington Irving who is known for his magnum opus “The Legend of Sleepy Hallow”. He started using the pseudonym "Geoffrey Crayon" in this book and went on to use throughout his career. This collection of stories includes “The broken heart’, “L..

Rip Van Winkle

by Washington Irving

The following Tale was found among the papers of the late Diedrich Knickerbocker, an old gentleman of New York, who was very curious in the Dutch history of the province, and the manners of the descendants from its primitive settlers. His historical researches, however, did not lie so much among books as among men; for the former are lamentably sca..