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    Rip Van Winkle
    Rip Van Winkle
    Rip Van Winkle
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    Rip Van Winkle

    By Washington Irving

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    INTRODUCTION


    The following tale was found among the papers of the late Diedrich Knickerbocker, an old gentleman of New York, who was very curious in the Dutch history of the province, and the manners of the descendants from its primitive settlers. His historical researches, however, did not lie so much among books as among men;

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPaper and Pen
    Release dateMay 21, 2021
    ISBN9781774815298
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    Washington Irving

    Nueva York, 1783 - Sunnyside, 1859. Escritor norteamericano perteneciente al mundo literario del costumbrismo. Washington Irving es el primer autor americano que utiliza la literatura para hacer reír y caricaturizar la realidad, creando además el estilo coloquial que después utilizarían Mark Twain y Hemingway.

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