By Washington Irving, Alex Struik
"Rip Van Winkle" is a brief tale via American writer Washington Irving released in 1819, in addition to the identify of the story's fictional protagonist. Written whereas Irving used to be dwelling in Birmingham, England, it was once a part of a suite entitled The caricature e-book of Geoffrey Crayon. even if the tale is decided in New York's Catskill Mountains, Irving later admitted, "When I wrote the tale, I had by no means been at the Catskills." Washington Irving (April three, 1783 – November 28, 1859) used to be an American writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early nineteenth century. he's most sensible recognized for his brief tales "The Legend of Sleepy hole" and "Rip Van Winkle". His historic works comprise biographies of George Washington, Oliver Goldsmith and Muhammad, and several other histories of 15th-century Spain facing topics corresponding to Christopher Columbus, the Moors, and the Alhambra. Irving served because the U.S. ambassador to Spain from 1842 to 1846.
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