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"Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound."
In the early 1770s, right before the American Revolution, a man wandered off in the Catskill mountains to escape his wife and vanished. Twenty years later, Rip Van Winkle reappears dressed in the same clothes and unaware that any time has passed and discovers that his village is much different than when he left. Who was responsible for his disappearance? And where has he been all these years?
A symbolic take on America shrugging off British rule, Rip Van Winkle is one of Washington Irving's most famous works. First published in 1819 as part of a short story collection, the author admitted he had never visited the Catskills before settling on the location for his fantastical tale.
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