"for a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village; which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn,"

what is the author’s tone toward rip van winkle in the passage?

wistful
ironic
serious
solemn

B. ironic

The correct answer is B.

The tone used toward Rip Van Winkle in this passage is ironic.

The speaker refers to him as joining a sort of "club" with sages and philosophers that held his sessions before a small in as an ironic way of saying that Rip Van Winkle spent most of his time drinking in a bar.

she was trying to use   reliable narrator.