The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Author: Rudolph Erich Raspe
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2014-05-25T00:00:00Z
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Baron Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen, was an actual baron living in 18th-century Hanover famous for entertaining his guests with outrageously-embellished tales of his wartime exploits—so much so that his nickname in German is Lügenbaron, or “Baron of Lies.” When Rudolph Eric Raspe, a writer and scientist living in England, heard of the Baron’s tales, he wrote his own versions centered around a fictional Baron Munchausen. While the real Baron wasn’t amused to have his name attached to a silly character famous for his bald-faced lies, Raspe’s tales became hugely popular, reprinted for hundreds of years and illustrated just as many times. These very short tales were originally intended as contemporary satire, but their outrageous silliness is still entertaining today. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Author: Rudolf Erich Raspe
Publisher: The Floating Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1877527319

Sail off on a fantastical journey with Baron Munchausen, the jocular title character of this whimsical tale from Rudolf Erich Raspe. The book is based on the exploits of a real-life German baron whose stories about the battles in which he fought as a member of the Russian army included details such as riding on a cannonball and flying to the moon. The book was also the basis of a 1988 film adaptation.

The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Author: Rudolph Erich Raspe
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2023-04-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Baron Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen, was an actual baron living in 18th-century Hanover famous for entertaining his guests with outrageously-embellished tales of his wartime exploits—so much so that his nickname in German is Lügenbaron, or “Baron of Lies.” When Rudolph Eric Raspe, a writer and scientist living in England, heard of the Baron’s tales, he wrote his own versions centered around a fictional Baron Munchausen. While the real Baron wasn’t amused to have his name attached to a silly character famous for his bald-faced lies, Raspe’s tales became hugely popular, reprinted for hundreds of years and illustrated just as many times. These very short tales were originally intended as contemporary satire, but their outrageous silliness is still entertaining today.

The Surprising Adventures of Baron Muchausen

The Surprising Adventures of Baron Muchausen
Author: Rudouls Erich Raspe
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2013-04-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1627931481

Baron Munchausen was a real German adventurer known for his fondness for tall tales and exaggeration. But the exploits that Rudolf Erich Raspe attributed to him in his book, which he first published in London in 1785, quite clearly drew on folklore and on Raspe's own whimsical inventiveness. The Baron's escapades include a balloon expedition to visit the King of the Moon, an encounter with the goddess Venus, a battle with the Turkish army, and an enormous sea creature who swallows him up in the South Seas.

Baron Munchausen's Narrative of His Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia Humbly Dedicated and Recommended to Country Gentlemen

Baron Munchausen's Narrative of His Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia Humbly Dedicated and Recommended to Country Gentlemen
Author: Multiple Contributors
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2018-04-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9781385889541

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Huntington Library N032363 Written by Rudolph Erich Raspe. With a half-title. Oxford: printed for the editor, and sold by the booksellers there and at Cambridge, also in London by the booksellers of Piccadilly, the Royal Exchange, and M. Smith.-And in Dublin by P. Byrne, 1786. [4],49, [1]p.; 12°

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Author: Raspe, Rudolf Erich
Publisher: Aegitas
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2017-03-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1773137476

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a 1785 novel about a fictional German nobleman written by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe. The novel was the basis of the 1988 film The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.

The Novel

The Novel
Author: Michael Schmidt
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 1187
Release: 2014-05-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0674724739

With contributions from Great Britain, Ireland, America, Canada, Australia, India, and Southern Africa; influenced by great novelists working in other languages; and encompassing a range of genres, the story of the novel in English unfolds like a richly varied landscape that invites exploration rather than a linear journey.