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
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsAlongside |
Dame Van Winkle
ⓘ
Rip Van Winkle ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | short story ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
tavern door
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village inn ⓘ |
| characterInWork | Rip Van Winkle ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
habitual sitter
ⓘ
influential in village politics ⓘ silent ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Washington Irving ⓘ |
| ethnicBackground | Dutch ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation |
New York Colony
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surface form:
New York colony
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| 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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