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  2. Rip Van Winkle - Wikipedia

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    "Rip Van Winkle" (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɪp fɑŋ ˈʋɪŋkəl]) is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their strong liquor and falls deeply asleep in the Catskill Mountains.

  3. Rip's Dream - Wikipedia

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    Rip's Dream is based on two sources: the original 1819 "Rip Van Winkle" story by Washington Irving, and the 1882 operetta version of Rip Van Winkle (with music by Robert Planquette and libretto by Henri Meilhac, Philippe Gille, and Henry Brougham Farnie). [1] Two elements, the mysterious snake and the village idiot, are Méliès's own creations ...

  4. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. - Wikipedia

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    Apart from "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", both of which were immediately acknowledged as The Sketch Book's finest pieces, American and English readers alike responded most strongly to the more sentimental tales, especially "The Broken Heart", – which Byron claimed had made him weep [23] – and "The Widow and Her Son".

  5. Category:Rip Van Winkle - Wikipedia

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    Rip Van Winkle is a short story by Washington Irving. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. R. Rip Van Winkle-type stories ...

  6. List of Wishbone books - Wikipedia

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    Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving: Rip Van Winkle October 1997 9. "Digging Up the Past" Wishbone and the kids meet Dr. Thelma Brown, an elderly woman who lived in Joe's house as a child, and help dig up a time capsule she once buried. Meanwhile, Dr. Brown's return to a place that has changed in the many years since she was last there reminds ...

  7. Van Dien adds, "Washington Irving went around and captured some of them," including Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, which he wrote and published in 1819 and 1820, respectively ...

  8. Why Rip Van Winkle Would Love Disney - AOL

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  9. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Wikipedia

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    Along with Irving's companion piece "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity, especially during Halloween because of a character known as the Headless Horseman believed to be a Hessian soldier who was decapitated by a cannonball in battle. [1]