Rip Van Winkle (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Washington Irving
- First Published: 1819
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Type of Plot: Tall tale
- Time of Work: Eighteenth century
- Setting: New York state
- Principal Characters: Rip Van Winkle, Dame Van Winkle
- 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:
Along the reaches of the Hudson, not far from the Catskill Mountains, there was a small, Dutch town. The mountains overshadowed the town, and there were times when the good Dutch burghers could see a hood of clouds hanging over the crests of the hills. In that small town lived a man named Rip Van Winkle. He was beloved by all his neighbors, by children, and by animals, but his life at home was made miserable by his shrewish wife. Though he was willing to help anyone else at any odd job that might be necessary, he was incapable of keeping his own house or farm in...
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