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Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, unabridged republishing of a classic tale. Rip Van Winkle is a short story by American author Washington Irving published in 1819. Written while Irving was living in Birmingham, England, it was part of a collection entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Although the story is set in New York's Catskill Mountains, Irving later admitted, When I wrote the story, I had never been on the Catskills. The story's title character is a Dutch-American villager living around the time of the American Revolutionary War.Product Identifiers
PublisherCreatespace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN-101539447804
ISBN-139781539447801
eBay Product ID (ePID)232485324
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AuthorWashington Irving
FormatTrade Paperback (Us) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound, Paperback / Softback
LanguageEnglish
TopicChildren's Fiction
Additional Product Features
Content NoteBlack & White Illustrations
Author BiographyWashington Irving was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories Rip Van Winkle (1819) and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820), both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
Date of Publication11/10/2016
Country of PublicationUnited States