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Washington Irving in 1820 The first American edition of The Sketch Book initially comprised twenty-nine short stories and essays, published in the United States in seven paperbound installments, appearing intermittently between June 23, 1819, and September 13, 1820.
Washington Irving, one of America's greatest early writers, devoted "The Broken Heart" in his magnum opus The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. to the romance between Robert Emmet and Sarah Curran, citing it as an example of how a broken heart can be fatal.
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 ...
Knickerbocker writers were tied to the established success of their figurehead, Washington Irving by imitating his style of political humour and writing in the genre of the literary sketch. [28] Washington Irving was seen to be a “commodity” in the literary market and he used his name to promote his other colleagues' works. [9]
“A broken heart is just the growing pains necessary so that you can love more completely when the real thing comes along.” – J.S.B. Morse, “Now and at the Hour of Our Death” “The ...
As this is a location-based series of character sketches, there are a number of individual plots. The tales centre on the occupants of an English manor (based on Aston Hall, near Birmingham, England, which was occupied by members of the Bracebridge family and which Irving visited).
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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]