Project Gutenberg 2006-04-06 Public domain in the USA. 594 Raspe, Rudolf Erich 1737 1794 Raspe, R. E. (Rudolf Erich) Raspe, Rudolph Eric Raspe, Rudolph Erich The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen Produced by Emma Dudding; Dagny; John Bickers; David Widger "The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen" by Rudolf Erich Raspe is a fantastical collection of fictional travel narratives written in the late 18th century. The book follows the adventures of the Baron Munchausen, a charismatic and boastful character who recounts his outrageous and exaggerated exploits in a comical style, providing satirical commentary on the nature of truth and storytelling. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Munchausen's whimsical journey, which begins with a voyage to the island of Ceylon. In this opening portion, he encounters a ferocious lion and a crocodile, demonstrating both his luck and resourcefulness as he defeats them in a series of improbable events. The Baron’s humorous tone and fanciful storytelling quickly establish the extravagant nature of his adventures, blending elements of absurdity with sharp satire, revealing not just the fantastic tales he spins but also a critique of the travelers' tales he seeks to parody. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Humorous stories Voyages and travels -- Fiction Voyages, Imaginary -- Fiction Tall tales PN Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 369228 369229 2024-10-02T06:24:09.084486 2023-10-02T06:03:51.077491 text/html text/html 364399 2015-03-13T11:39:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 129977 2015-03-13T11:40:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 230791 2024-10-02T06:24:18.638427 application/epub+zip 235954 2024-10-02T06:24:13.678430 application/epub+zip 209915 2024-10-02T06:24:11.618463 application/epub+zip 441549 2024-10-02T06:24:22.508404 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 408475 2024-10-02T06:24:17.561435 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 378924 2022-09-02T07:47:59.946125 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 323067 323025 2024-10-02T06:24:08.360489 2023-10-02T06:03:50.618484 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 322901 2015-03-13T11:39:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 125379 2015-03-13T11:40:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 322908 2015-03-13T11:39:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 125302 2015-03-13T11:40:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22320 2024-10-02T06:24:22.990383 application/rdf+xml 16738 2024-10-02T06:24:12.678447 image/jpeg 3750 2024-10-02T06:24:12.105451 image/jpeg 225529 2024-10-02T06:24:09.115492 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog de.wikipedia en.wikipedia