Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving

"Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving is a short story published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager who encounters mysterious strangers in the Catskill Mountains, drinks their liquor, and falls into a deep sleep. When he awakens, twenty years have passed and everything has changed—his village is transformed, his friends are gone, and he has slept through the American Revolution. Now an elderly stranger in his own home, Rip must navigate a world he no longer recognizes and reconcile with the life that continued without him. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
Illustrator Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939
Title Rip Van Winkle
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_Van_Winkle
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 62.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Fantasy fiction
Subject New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Fiction
Subject Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
Subject Van Winkle, Rip (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Subject Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Fiction
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EBook-No. 60976
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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