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Rip Van Winkle is a short story written by the American author Washington Irving, and originally published in 1819. It is accompanied by the truly impressive illustrations of Arthur Rackham, and tells the story of a kindly and solitary character, Rip Van Winkle, who loves to... Read Full Overview

To escape a nagging wife, Rip Van Winkle went hunting with his faithful dog Wolf as was his wont. Little did he know what he would encounter as he climbed up to the top of the Catskill Mountains, and what he would behold.

Meanwhile, twenty years later, a strange... Read Full Overview

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it... Read Full Overview

Washington Irving's masterpiece has entranced readers for over 165 years, and though many artists have illustrated this classic, none has so perfectly captured the mysterious adventures of Rip and the boisterous crew of Dutchmen as the great American artist N. C. Wyeth. In ten... Read Full Overview

Rip Van Winkle is a short story written by the American author Washington Irving, and originally published in 1819. It is accompanied by the truly impressive illustrations of Arthur Rackham, and tells the story of a kindly and solitary character, Rip Van Winkle, who loves to... Read Full Overview

Rip Van Winkle is an easy-going Dutch American settler living in New York. Though he is happy to help his friends, Rip Van Winkle is unmotivated to complete the much-needed repairs or chores for his family's farm. Worried about their financial well-being, Dame Von Winkle,... Read Full Overview

The story of Rip Van Winkle, a villager in colonial America who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains in New York and wakes up 20 years later, having missed the American Revolution.First published in 1819, this edition's illustrations are derived from the book published in 1921... Read Full Overview

In pre-revolutionary New York, Rip Van Winkle unknowingly falls asleep for twenty years and awakens to find the world irrevocably changed.

Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers... Read Full Overview

A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.

The story of Rip Van Winkle by acclaimed author Washington Irving is a literary classic that lives on and is being retold and adapted on a daily basis. Rip Van Winkle is the main character and he lives in the Catskill Mountains. On a journey into the mountains he falls asleep... Read Full Overview

"Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by American author Washington Irving first published in 1819. It tells the story of a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains and wakes up 20 years later, having missed the American... Read Full Overview

Rip van Winkle es un cuento de Washington Irving, y tambi n el nombre del protagonista. El relato se ambienta en los d as antes de la Guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos. Un aldeano de ascendencia holandesa se escapa de su esposa que lo rega aba por irse al bosque... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview