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1、RIPVANWINKLEBYWASHINGTONIRVING7^WYS`f7Taa]eCOPYRIGHTINFORMATIONShortStory:“RipVanWinkle”Author:WashingtonIrving,1783–1859Firstpublished:1819Illustrationsfirstpublished:1863TheoriginalstoryandillustrationsareinthepublicdomainintheUnitedStatesandinmost,ifnotall,othercountriesaswell
2、.ReadersoutsidetheUnitedStatesshouldchecktheirowncountries’copyrightlawstobecertaintheycanlegallydownloadthisebook.TheOnlineBooksPagehasanFAQwhichgivesasummaryofcopyrightdurationsformanyothercountries,aswellaslinkstomoreofficialsources.ThisPDFebookwascreatedbyJoséMenéndez.NOTEONTHE
3、TEXT“RipVanWinkle”firstappearedinWashingtonIrving’scollectionofstories,TheSketchBookofGeoffreyCrayon,Gent.,publishedin1819.ThetextandillustrationsusedinthisebookarefromtherevisededitionoftheSketchBook,publishedin1863.CONTENTSRIPVANWINKLEPOSTSCRIPTLISTOFILLUSTRATIONSRIPVANWINKLEASLE
4、EPHOPPINTHECATSKILLSPARSONSRIPVANWINKLEANDTHECHILDRENDARLEYDAMEVANWINKLE’SLECTURE“VILLAGEPOLITICIANS“RIPANDTHEDOG“RIPANDTHERISINGGENERATION“CATSKILLFALLSWM.HARTCATSKILLLAKEWM.HARTFATHERTIMEHOPPINByWoden,GodofSaxons,FromwhencecomesWensday,thatisWodensday,TruthisathingthateverIwillke
5、epUntothylkedayinwhichIcreepintoMysepulchre—CARTWRIGHT.APOSTHUMOUSWRITINGOFDIEDRICHKNICKERBOCKER.[ThefollowingTalewasfoundamongthepapersofthelateDiedrichKnickerbocker,anoldgentlemanofNewYork,whowasverycuriousintheDutchhistoryoftheprovince,andthemannersofthedescendantsfromitsprimiti
6、vesettlers.Hishistoricalresearches,however,didnotliesomuchamongbooksasamongmen;fortheformerarelamentablyscanty56RIPVANWINKLEonhisfavoritetopics;whereashefoundtheoldburghers,andstillmoretheirwives,richinthatlegendarylore,soinvaluabletotruehistory.Whenever,therefore,hehappeneduponage
7、nuineDutchfamily,snuglyshutupinitslow-roofedfarm-house,underaspreadingsycamore,helookeduponitasalittleclaspedvolumeofblack-letter,andstudieditwiththezealofabook-worm.TheresultofalltheseresearcheswasahistoryoftheprovinceduringthereignoftheDutchgovernors,whichhepublishedsomeyearssinc
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