# Rip Van Winkle

by [Washington Irving](https://localbooks.app/authors/washington-irving)

- Genres: [Short Stories](https://localbooks.app/genres/literary-fiction/short-stories), [Mythic Fantasy](https://localbooks.app/genres/fantasy/mythic-fantasy)
- Set in: [Catskill, New York, United States](https://localbooks.app/places/us/new-york/catskill)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1819
- Pages: 62

## Description

Easygoing Rip Van Winkle wanders into the Catskill Mountains, shares a drink with a strange crew of bearded men playing ninepins, and wakes twenty years later to find the American Revolution has come and gone.

## Where to buy

- [Open Library (ebook)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL63995W)
- [Project Gutenberg (ebook)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Rip%20Van%20Winkle)

Read a free sample: https://localbooks.app/books/rip-van-winkle/read/1 (4 chapters, 7735 words)

Canonical: https://localbooks.app/books/rip-van-winkle
JSON: https://localbooks.app/api/v1/books/rip-van-winkle