Rip Van Winkle

The novella "Rip Van Winkle" was written by the famous American writer Washington Irving (1788-1859). The novella was written in 1819. The protagonist of it - Rip Van Winkle is a person who has been sleeping in the mountains for 20 years of his life. He goes down from there only when all his acquaintances have already died. The image of Rip Van Winkle became the symbol of the person who has wasted...