by Arthur Rackham, Washington Irving
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Poor Rip Van Winkle!Is this the only way to escape your nagging wife? sleeping for twenty years?!! I know you didn't mean to, you just wanted to take one day off and it lasted for a very long time!!I think Rip represents America, and his wife represents Britain! When he finally woke up, Britain (Dam...
Last night at supper we were talking about the various kinds of fey characters of human folklore, and the Spouse said Rip had spent his twenty years (relative) among hairy gnomes. I didn't remember that at all, so it seemed I'd have to read the story again. At thirty years remove from the original r...
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