Rip Van Winkle, a short story by celebrated American author Washington Irving, was first published in 1819 without illustrations in “The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.” Best known for his ...

While Rip Van Winkle was away, his village grew, his kids had children, and his wife passed away. These things happened irrespective of the fact that Rip was in a drunken stupor for 20 years.

When I suggested an image of Rip Van Winkle waking up at a fine resort in the Maldives, I got mainly images of pirates. Tall, lean, mean men with shaggy beards dressed in shabby Colonial outfits ...

The year 2019 marked the bicentennial of the publication of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., which was serialized between 1819 and 1820.“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” was published as part of ...