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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