Rip Van Winkle

1818 · Book · time-travel fiction

Washington Irving

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"Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their strong liquor and falls deeply asleep in the Catskill Mountains. He awakes 20 years later to a very changed world, having missed the American Revolution.

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Type: Book
Release date: January 1, 1818
Genres: time-travel fiction
Created by: Washington Irving
Countries: United States