Rip Van Winkle + The Devil and Tom Walker
July 20, 2008 · Print This Article
Lazy Rip Van Winkle “would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound,” much to the dismay of his wife. After an afternoon in the Catskill Mountains ends in an enchanted, twenty-year sleep, Rip discovers that his children have grown up without him. He’s even slept through the American Revolutionary War! But does he learn his lesson? From nineteenth-century author Washington Irving come two cautionary tales that will broaden your vocabulary and challenge you to think.
The stories included in this collection are:
1. Rip Van Winkle
2. The Devil and Tom Walker
Written by Washington Irving, Narrated by Stephen McLaughlin
1 CD – 70 Minutes (Unabridged)
ISBN: 978-0981903279
Price: $12.95
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