Rip Van Winkle (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Washington Irving
- First Published: 1819
- Type of Work: Short Story
- Genres: Short fiction, Regional fiction, Folklore, Fantasy, Tall tale
- Subjects: Husbands, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Wives, Philosophy or philosophers, Magic or magicians, Marriage, Villages, Time travel, Eighteenth century, Storytelling, Adultery, Fantasy, Drinking or drunkenness, Fairy tales, Sleep
- Locales: Catskills, NY
“RIP VAN WINKLE,” published as the end of the first installment of Irving’s SKETCH BOOK, purports to be “A Posthumous Writing of Diedrich Knickerbocker"--Irving’s imaginary chronicler of the early Dutch history of New York.
The story itself could hardly be simpler. Rip, a good-natured, lazy fellow, is henpecked by his wife, whom he escapes by taking daylong jaunts with his gun and dog into the Catskill Mountains. One evening, having scrambled onto one of the highest peaks, he is hailed by a stranger dressed in “the antique Dutch fashion,” who without speaking asks...
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Washington Irving (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Washington Irving (Short Fiction)Washington Irving (Dictionary of World Biography)Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)
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