# Rip Van Winkle — The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. character guide

> Rip Van Winkle in The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. by Washington Irving.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Rip, poor Rip, Van Winkle, poor Rip Van Winkle

**First appearance:** 0007-rip-van-winkle

## Who they are

A good-natured idler who escapes his nagging wife and village chores by wandering the hills with his dog and gun, only to stumble into something stranger.

## Relationships

### [Dame Van Winkle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sketchbook_of_geoffrey_crayon_gent_se/characters/dame_van_winkle)

_family_

Dame Van Winkle is Rip's shrewish, domineering wife, constantly nagging him about his idleness.

### [Dame Van Winkle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sketchbook_of_geoffrey_crayon_gent_se/characters/dame_van_winkle)

_family_

Dame Van Winkle is Rip's shrewish, domineering wife, constantly nagging him about his idleness.

## In the story

### [Rip Van Winkle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sketchbook_of_geoffrey_crayon_gent_se/chapters/rip-van-winkle)

Protagonist who falls asleep for twenty years and returns to a changed world.

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