Rip Van Winkle

by Washington Irving

• Release: June 1819
• Format: Short Story
• Genres: Fantasy, Comedy
• Audience: Adults
• Content: No Time Phenomena
• Original Language: English

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,—

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

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

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

1. From the Katskill Mountains, before the American Revolution ⋙ to the same spot, twenty years later, after the Revolution. Note: just a long sleep.