Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories

RIP VAN WINKLE BY WASHINGTON IRVING

WHAT DOES IRVING GAIN IN OPENING HIS STORY WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE CATSKILLS?

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I don't think there is anything to gain by this setting other than area was settled by colonial British-American villagers. That might appeal to his readership. 

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