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'''Rip Van Winkle''' is a [[fiction]]al [[short story]] by [[Washington Irving]] published in 1819. It is the first [[American]] short story, and is based off of the story of an old [[German]] legend about a goatherd named Peter Klaus.<ref>St. John, Raymond A. (1991). [https://books.google.com/books?id=B40aaGhodu4C ''American Literature for Christian Schools''] Bob Jones University Press, p. 150</ref> Rip Van Winkle's setting is in the [[New York]] [[Catskill Mountains]]. It tells the story of a [[Dutch]] man with a history of [[idleness]] and [[family]] troubles.

'''Rip Van Winkle''' is a [[fiction]]al [[short story]] by [[Washington Irving]] published in 1819. It is the first [[American]] short story, and is based on the story of an old [[German]] legend about a goatherd named Peter Klaus.<ref>St. John, Raymond A. (1991). [https://books.google.com/books?id=B40aaGhodu4C ''American Literature for Christian Schools''] Bob Jones University Press, p. 150</ref> Rip Van Winkle's setting is in the [[New York]] [[Catskill Mountains]]. It tells the story of a [[Dutch]] man with a history of [[idleness]] and [[family]] troubles.

The story became well-known during the 19th century and was adapted into an opera in 1920.<ref>New York Times [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40B12FF3E5A11738DDDAA0894D9405B808EF1D3 ''RIP VAN WINKLE IN OPERA.; Chicago Company Gives First Performance of De Koven's Work.'']; (January 3, 1920)</ref> Rip Van Winkle's name has become a byword for sleeping<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IMYqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ucwFAAAAIBAJ&dq=rip%20van%20winkle&pg=2982%2C2911391 ''Americans Like Rip Van WInkle—King''] The Palm Beach Post; p. 112 (Jun 14, 1964)</ref> or leaving a place and returning to it after many years, only to realize how much it has changed.<ref>Klingman, H.C. [http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/jan/13/back-then-coming-back-america-felt-i-was-rip-van-w/ ''Back Then...: Coming back to America felt like I was Rip Van Winkle'']; Naples News (Jan 13, 2011)</ref>

The story became well-known during the 19th century and was adapted into an opera in 1920.<ref>New York Times [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40B12FF3E5A11738DDDAA0894D9405B808EF1D3 ''RIP VAN WINKLE IN OPERA.; Chicago Company Gives First Performance of De Koven's Work.'']; (January 3, 1920)</ref> Rip Van Winkle's name has become a byword for sleeping<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IMYqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ucwFAAAAIBAJ&dq=rip%20van%20winkle&pg=2982%2C2911391 ''Americans Like Rip Van WInkle—King''] The Palm Beach Post; p. 112 (Jun 14, 1964)</ref> or leaving a place and returning to it after many years, only to realize how much it has changed.<ref>Klingman, H.C. [http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/jan/13/back-then-coming-back-america-felt-i-was-rip-van-w/ ''Back Then...: Coming back to America felt like I was Rip Van Winkle'']; Naples News (Jan 13, 2011)</ref>