Project Gutenberg 2005-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 130 Irving, Washington 1783 1859 Crayon, Geoffrey The Crayon Papers Reading ease score: 64.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Mountjoy -- The great Mississippi bubble -- Don Juan -- Broek -- Sketches in Paris in 1825: My French neighbor. The Englishman at Paris. English and French character. The Tuileries and Windsor Castle. The field of Waterloo. Paris at the restoration -- American researches in Italy -- The taking of the veil -- The charming Letorières -- The early experiences of Ralph Ringwood -- The Seminoles: Origin of the white, the red, and the black men. The conspiracy of Neamathla -- Letter from Granada -- Abderahman -- The widow's ordeal -- The Creole village -- A contented man. Etext produced by Charles Aldarondo, Tiffany Vergon, William Craig, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "The Crayon Papers" by Washington Irving is a collection of literary sketches written during the early 19th century. The work features the character Geoffrey Crayon, who serves as the narrator and commentator on various subjects, including personal reflections, social observations, and tales of adventure. The stories are infused with a romantic spirit and are set against a backdrop of picturesque landscapes, offering a blend of nostalgia and humor that characterizes Irving's style. At the start of "The Crayon Papers," the opening section titled "Mountjoy" introduces us to the narrator's idyllic childhood, steeped in imagination and wonder. We learn about his upbringing in a rural setting near the Hudson River, influenced by his lazy yet affectionate father and his imaginative sisters. The young narrator recalls the enchanting tales he was captivated by, which nurtured his adventurous spirit. He spends his days in nature, exploring the woods and engaging in flights of fancy, foreshadowing the romantic idealism that will characterize his life. The section captures the essence of youthful exploration and the deeply ingrained yearning for beauty and adventure, setting a foundation for the tales that follow in the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en American prose literature PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 573300 573301 2024-10-04T05:18:58.990851 2023-10-04T05:41:31.604274 text/html text/html 582390 2021-02-26T00:19:31 text/html; charset=utf-8 203853 2021-02-26T00:19:36 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 277799 2024-10-04T05:19:08.300768 application/epub+zip 288172 2024-10-04T05:19:02.055839 application/epub+zip 288173 2024-10-04T05:19:00.043829 application/epub+zip 483877 2024-10-04T05:19:13.053747 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451549 2024-10-04T05:19:07.099768 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 424841 2022-09-04T08:23:29.825224 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 505442 505259 2024-10-04T05:18:58.050861 2023-10-04T05:41:30.883300 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 505186 2012-10-07T20:59:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 195485 2012-10-07T21:03:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 505186 2012-10-07T20:59:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 195419 2012-10-07T21:03:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21860 2024-10-04T05:19:13.780748 application/rdf+xml 13165 2024-10-04T05:19:01.059798 image/jpeg 3609 2024-10-04T05:19:00.549805 image/jpeg 270506 2024-10-04T05:18:59.039813 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia