Bracebridge Hall
Author: first_name: Washington
last_name: Irving
Language: English
Year: 1877

Famed American humorist and essayist Washington Irving published a series of short pieces entitled "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gentleman" in 1815.  Included in that collection were the chapters which later formed the standalone work "Old Christmas."  This wonderful book introduced the world to Bracebridge Hall, the ancestral home of the Bracebridges, an old English family that lived according to the customs of those who were "unto the manor born."  "Bracebridge Hall" is a follow-up to "