01987cam a22003733u 4500 64636 UtSlPG 20260610134506.0 m cr n 260607r2021||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PZ PS Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 Rip Van Winkle Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2021 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_Van_Winkle Release date is 2021-02-26 Sue Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress) "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving is a short story first 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 the world around him has transformed dramatically. He returns to find his village changed, filled with unfamiliar faces, and discovers he has slept through the American Revolution. The tale explores themes of time, change, and nostalgia in early America. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Fantasy fiction New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Fiction Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction Van Winkle, Rip (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Fiction Merrill, Frank T., 1848-1923 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64636 105459 105459