Rip Van Winkle

Washington Irving’s famous short story of a man who falls asleep to escape his nagging wife and wakes twenty years later to a changed world. This is the original Irving story—only word order and difficult vocabulary have been updated. End notes, interpretation, and discussion of major themes follow the text. Biographical information on Irving included. For other classic short stories in easy to understand updated English search for “Simplified for Modern Readers Series.”