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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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    Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving - "Rip Van Winkle" 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 liquor and falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains. He awakes 20 years later to a very changed world, having missed the American Revolution.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPhoemixx Classics Ebooks
    Release dateDec 12, 2021
    ISBN9783986771430
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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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