Washington Irving is considered as the Father of the Short Story, which began as an American literary form. His delightful story Rip Van Winkle is thought to have been the first American short story. In 1916, W. Patterson Atkinson said the following about the short story: “A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can…
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Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving – Illustrated by Arthur Rackham – Read the Book Free
Rip Van Winkle was Originally Published in 1819 The Arthur Rackham Edition was Published in 1905 INTRODUCTION The following tale was found among the papers of the late Diedrich Knickerbocker, an old gentleman of New York, who was very curious in the Dutch history of the province, and the manners of the descendants from its…