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Founding TextsPublished 1819

Rip Van Winkle

by Washington Irving

Pages

338

Difficulty

Moderate

Tone

Ember

Chapters

75

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  1. Chapter I.
  2. Chapter Iv.
  3. Chapter V.
  4. Chapter I.
  5. Chapter Ii.
  6. Chapter Iii.
  7. Chapter Iv.
  8. Chapter V.
  9. Chapter Vi.
  10. Chapter Vii.
  11. Chapter Viii.
  12. Chapter Ix.
  13. Chapter X.
  14. Chapter Xi.
  15. Chapter Xii.
  16. Chapter Xiii.
  17. Chapter Xiv.
  18. Chapter Xv.
  19. Chapter Xvi.
  20. Chapter Xvii.
  21. Chapter Xviii.
  22. Chapter Xix.
  23. Chapter Xx.
  24. Chapter Xxi.
  25. Chapter Xxii.
  26. Chapter Xxiii.
  27. Chapter Xxiv.
  28. Chapter Xxv.
  29. Chapter Xxvi.
  30. Chapter Xxvii.
  31. Chapter Xxviii.
  32. Chapter Xxix.
  33. Chapter I.
  34. Chapter Ii.
  35. Chapter Iii.
  36. Chapter Iv.
  37. Chapter V.
  38. Chapter Vi.
  39. Chapter Vii.
  40. Chapter Viii.
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