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'''Rip Van Winkle''' is a [[fiction|fictional]] [[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 [[Catskill Mountains]], and it tells the story of a man with a history of [[idleness]] and family troubles who went out for a day of strolling and hunting for squirrels in the woods. Late in the afternoon, he became exhausted and fell asleep on a grassy knoll.

'''Rip Van Winkle''' is a [[fiction|fictional]] [[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.

After waking up and returning to his village, he noticed his family home was abandoned, and that he did not know many of the townsfolk. They told him that some of his neighbours had been dead for many years, and an [[American Revolution]] had also taken place. What felt like an overnight sleep for Rip Van WInkle turned out to be 20 years.

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>

==Summary==

Rip Van Winkle goes out for a day of strolling and hunting for [[squirrel]]s in the woods. Late in the afternoon, he becomes exhausted and falls asleep on a grassy knoll. After waking up and returning to his village, he notices his family home is abandoned, and that he does not recognize many of the townsfolk. They tell him that some of his neighbours had been dead for many years, and an [[American Revolution]] had also taken place. What felt like an overnight sleep for Rip Van Winkle turned out to have been 20 years.

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