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Watercolor of Washington Irving's encounter with George Washington, painted in 1854 by George Bernard Butler Jr. The Irving family settled in Manhattan, and were part of the city's merchant class. Washington was born on April 3, 1783, [ 1 ] the same week that New York City residents learned of the British ceasefire which ended the American ...
Stories range from the maudlin (such as "The Wife" and "The Widow and Her Son") to the picaresque ("Little Britain") and the comical ("The Mutability of Literature"), but the common thread running through The Sketch Book – and a key part of its attraction to readers – is the personality of Irving's pseudonymous narrator, Geoffrey Crayon.
"Rip Van Winkle" (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɪp fɑŋ ˈʋɪŋkəl]) is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their strong liquor and falls deeply asleep in the Catskill Mountains .
Flier for The Devil and Tom Walker, 1913. In 2001, there debuted on the Arena Stage in Washington an adaption in the form of full-length play by John Strand. [3] [4] [5]In 2017, experimental rock band, Flummox, released the single, “Tom Walker Blues,” whose lyrics & music video loosely adapt the tale.
Cynthia Irving (Jill Marie Jones), Frank Irving's ex-wife. Following her daughter's possession, she is informed of the events occurring in Sleepy Hollow. She is aware of her ex-husband's death and resurrection, acting as his lawyer to clear him of the previous charges despite not being a defense attorney.
Historians have noted Irving's "active imagination" [3] and called some aspects of his work "fanciful and sentimental". [1] Literary critics have noted that Irving "saw American history as a useful means of establishing patriotism in his readers, and while his language tended to be more general, his avowed intention toward Columbus was thoroughly nationalist". [4]
His ex-wife is Amy Irving. Inside Kate Capshaw's acting career and movies, and the kids they have together. 32 years and 7 kids: Inside Steven Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw's marriage
An artist's depiction of the part of Acker's property that was sold to Washington Irving, who named it "Wolfert's Roost" before turning it into his estate, Sunnyside. Wolfert Acker (1667–1753) was a colonial-period American who is featured in Washington Irving's short story collection Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies (1855). [1]