Irving’s pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon, which he would carry into later works.
The stories vary in nature, from the comical “The Mutability of Literature” to the eerie and seemingly supernatural “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” but the personality of their narrator, Geoffrey Crayon, connects the stories and attracts their readers. Some stories are written on American topics, forming the need for separate American and..." data-title="Книга The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.">