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Rip Van Winkle

With a long beard falling to his chest and a longer gun acroos his lap, Rip Van Winkle sits on the ground with his back to a large rock.

by Washington Irving

Short Story
Fantasy, Comedy
Adults
No Time Phenomena
English
“Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., No. 1 (C. S. Van Winkle, June 1819).

Ah, poor man, Rip Van Winkle was his name, but it's twenty years since he went away from home with his gun, and never has been heard of since,—

Tags

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Time Periods
- Circa AD 1700 to 1799: Rip Van Winkle starts during the reign of George III, before the American Revolution, and he sleeps for 20 years.
Themes
- Long Sleep, Cryogenics, Etc.
Real-World Tags
- Henry Hudson: The ghosts of Hudson and his men appear every 20 years.
Fictional Tags
- Ghosts
- Rip Van Winkle

Variants

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“Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., No. 1 (C. S. Van Winkle, June 1819).

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Washington Irving