华盛顿·欧文的短篇小说《瑞普·凡·温克尔》是美国文学史上最具生命力的名篇之一,至今仍“频频出现在各家文选之中”。 故事情节取材于德国民间传说。小说主人公瑞普天性懒散、不事生产,有一天在山上打鸟时无意间遇见了一群古里古怪的老人。嗜酒的瑞普在老人们那儿贪杯过度、烂醉如泥,哪里知道这一醉便是二十年,待他下得山来,世上早已 Washington Irving’s short story “Rip Van Winkle” is one of the most viable articles in the history of American literature, and still “appears frequently in various anthologies.” The story is based on German folklore. The protagonist of the novel Rip nature lazy, non-production, one day when the birds hit the mountain accidentally met a group of old and eccentric old man. Alcoholic Rip in the elderly where excessive drinking, pickled, where to know that drunk is 20 years, until he got under the mountain, the world has long been