Rip Van Winkle

A retelling of Rip Van Winkle, a man who sleeps twenty years and awakens to a changed world, in comic form.

In pre-revolutionary New York, Rip Van Winkle unknowingly falls asleep for twenty years and awakens to find the world irrevocably changed.

Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story.

The Classics Illustrated comic book series began in 1941 with its first issue, Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers, and has since included over 200 classic tales released around the world. This new Paperback Replica edition is part of a continuing effort to make Classics Illustrated available to all, be they young readers just beginning their journeys into the great world of classic literature, or collectors who have fond memories of this much loved comic book series.