Rip Van Winkle: Simplified for Modern Readers

“Rip Van Winkle” is Washington Irving’s well known tale of a man who falls asleep and wakes 20 years later to a changed world.
•The language of almost two hundred years ago has been extensively modernized
•End notes, interpretation, and discussion of major themes follow the text
•Biographical information on Irving included
•Every effort has been made to keep the story as close to the original as possible
•Modern readers will better understand and appreciate one of the first truly American short stories.
For more short stories in easy to understand modern English search for “George Lakon” and “Simplified for Modern Readers.”