Rip Van Winkle (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Washington Irving
- First Published: 1819
- Type of Plot: Folktale
- Time of Work: The late eighteenth century
- Setting: The Catskill Mountains of New York
- Principal Characters: Rip Van Winkle, Dame Van Winkle, Judith Van Winkle Gardenier
- 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
The Story
Rip Van Winkle is a good-natured but unassertive descendant of the Dutch settlers who assisted Peter Stuyvesant in his military exploits. Every small community has someone like Rip: the entertainer of local children, the willing helper of his neighbor, the desultory fisherman—but a man constitutionally unable to work on his own behalf. Rip's farm falls into ruin, his children run ragged, and his wife's bad temper mounts. He takes refuge from Dame Van Winkle in protracted discussions at the village inn, all-day fishing expeditions, and rambles in the mountains with...
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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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