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When she asked where he had been for twenty years, Rip told his story to everyone. The people, skeptical, winked at one another or shook their heads. It happened that the oldest inhabitant of the village, Peter Vanderdonk, was coming up the ... Rip Van Winkle: ... After Rip awakens from his long sleep and returns to the village,
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www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides3/Winkle.html
www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides3/Winkle.html
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In Washington Irving's story, Rip van Winkle fell asleep and woke up twenty years later, having missed the American Revolution, the death of his wife, the marriage of his daughter and the birth of his grandson. There are many other versions of the story in which characters go to sleep for long periods of time.
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Rip Van Winkle: The story of a man who unwittingly enters a fairy ring and falls asleep for twenty years. An American classic. ... Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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members.fortunecity.com/mighty39/ripvan.html
members.fortunecity.com/mighty39/ripvan.html
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The Calthrop Boucicault Collection: Rip Van Winkle; Or, The Sleep of Twenty Years ... Letters to Christopher Calthrop from two correspondents, related to possible future productions of Boucicault's play RIP VAN WINKLE.
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library.kent.ac.uk/library/special/html/specoll/BOUCRIP4.HTM
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Review of the Rip Van Winkle by Irving Washington ... In the case of Rip Van Winkle the two time periods Irving Washington is contrasting is the twenty years overlapping the American Revolution. Rip Van Winkle goes to sleep in a period when the colonies are ruled by England and awakes in a period of American Independence.
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www.timetravelreviews.com/shorts/rip_van_winkle.html
www.timetravelreviews.com/shorts/rip_van_winkle.html
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Rip Van Winkle is the role most associated with him; he debuted it in 1859 in Washington and played it for 40 years. He was also a teacher to actor James O'Neill, the father of playwright Eugene O'Neill.
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www.archive.org/details/rip_van_winkle_1896
www.archive.org/details/rip_van_winkle_1896
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Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp ... and he reiterated his visits to the flagon so often that at length his senses were overpowered, his eyes swam in his head, his head gradually declined, and he fell into a deep sleep.
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www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/RipVan.shtml
www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/RipVan.shtml
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Washington Irving's character Rip van Winkle goes to sleep right before the American Revolutionary War and wakes up twenty years later. Everything is different and it's hard for old Rip to adjust.
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blog.threestarleadership.com/2008/02/21/rip-van-winkle-...
blog.threestarleadership.com/2008/02/21/rip-van-winkle-promotions.aspx
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20 years... For Rip Van Winkle was old and gray, And twenty summers had passed away-- Yes, twenty winters of snow and frost etc...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_years_did_rip_van_wi...
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