"Rip Van Winkle '' is set in the years before and after the American Revolutionary War. In a pleasant village, at the foot of New York 's Catskill Mountains, lives kindly Rip Van Winkle, a Dutch villager. Van Winkle enjoys solitary activities in the wilderness or hanging out at the inn with his friends. He is loved by all in the town, especially the children to whom he tells stories or for whom he repairs toys. However, he tends to shirk hard work, to his nagging wife 's dismay, which has caused his home and farm to fall into disarray.
what is the setting of rip van winkle by washington irving
In a pleasant village, at the foot of New York 's Catskill Mountains