Track | Section | Length |
01 | 1 - Rip Van Winkle | 40:57 |
Production
Source: From Librivox Short Story Collection Vol. 052
Book Coordinator: Ruth Golding
Meta Coordinator: Hocuspokus
Proof Listener: D. A. Frank
Artwork
Cover: Rip Van Winkle Illustration by NC Wyeth 1921
Inset: "The Return of Rip Van Winkle", 1849, by John Quidor, National Gallery of Art
Inset: Engraving of American author Washington Irving, from The Life and Letters of Washington Irving by Pierre Munroe Irving.
Insert: The Return of Rip Van Winkle 1849 by John Quidor, National Gallery of Art
Rip Van Winkle is Dutch-American villager living in the Catskill Mountains in the era before the Revolutionary War in the story of the same name. Beloved by all, he shirks hard work, and is harangued by a nagging wife.He takes to the mountains for some peace and quiet and meets a group of silent,bearded men playing nine-pins and drinking moonshine. He joins in a falls asleep. When he awakes, everything is changed: his musket is rusty, his beard is a foot long, his dog is gone, his wife is dead, his son is grown, and America has become a country. He has been asleep for at least twenty years. The story was the first in The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gentleman. It was an immediate hit when first published and has remained a staple of children’s literature ever since.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0682550991382 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0682550992433 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD box |
Author | Washington Irving |
Year | 1820 |
Recording | |
Read by | Bob Neufeld |
Length | 41 minutes |
Type of Reading | Solo |
Rip Van Winkle
- Author: Washington Irving
- Product Code: DB-6003
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