Nicholas Vedder

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Nicholas Vedder is a minor character in Washington Irving's short story "Rip Van Winkle," known as the patriarchal village innkeeper and habitual sitter by the tavern door.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsAlongside Dame Van Winkle
Rip Van Winkle
appearsInGenre short story
associatedWith tavern door
village inn
characterInWork Rip Van Winkle
characterTrait habitual sitter
influential in village politics
silent
countryOfFictionalSetting United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Washington Irving
ethnicBackground Dutch
fictionalLocation New York Colony
surface form: New York colony
gender male
knownAs Nicholas Vedder
languageOfWork English
literaryMovement American Romanticism
medium prose fiction
narrativeRole minor character
nationality Dutch American
notableFor sitting habitually by the tavern door
occupation innkeeper
residence village at the foot of the Kaatskill Mountains
role patriarchal village innkeeper
settingPeriod pre-American Revolutionary War era
workCollection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
workPublicationYear 1819

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Rip Van Winkle containsCharacter Nicholas Vedder
Nicholas Vedder knownAs Nicholas Vedder