Project Gutenberg 2013-06-04 Public domain in the USA. 86 Raspe, Rudolf Erich 1737 1794 Raspe, R. E. (Rudolf Erich) Raspe, Rudolph Eric Raspe, Rudolph Erich De verrezen Gulliver; behelzende de zonderlinge reizen en avonturen, van den baron van Munchhausen, In Rusland, Ysland, Turkije, Egipte, Gibraltar, in de Kaspische, Middellandsche en Atlantische Zeëen, en door het middenpunt van den berg Etna naa de Zuid-zee Produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (produced from scans from Early Dutch Books Online & Universiteitsbibliotheek, Amsterdam) "De verrezen Gulliver" by Rudolf Erich Raspe is a novel written in the late 18th century. This fantastical tale features the Baron von Münchhausen as the central character, who recounts a series of outrageous adventures involving impossible feats and bizarre encounters. The book is a satirical commentary on the nature of storytelling and the believability of travelers' tales, designed to amuse and challenge the perceptions of the reader regarding truth and fiction. At the start of the tale, the Baron shares his youthful desire to travel the world, which eventually leads him to embark on a fateful journey to the island of Ceylon. He recounts a storm that uproots trees high into the air, along with an encounter that results in the bizarre demise of a tyrant, providing a commentary on human nature and ruling classes. The Baron's witty and exaggerated storytelling sets the tone for the fantastical experiences he will recount, filled with improbable encounters involving lions, crocodiles, and wild adventures that blur the lines between reality and absurdity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42878/42878-h/images/cover.jpg nl Humorous stories Voyages and travels -- Fiction Voyages, Imaginary -- Fiction Tall tales PN Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 284543 284554 2024-09-18T05:40:05.940639 2023-09-18T13:58:38.691934 text/html text/html 281212 2013-06-04T15:56:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 802045 2013-06-04T15:57:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 849811 2024-09-18T05:40:12.258623 application/epub+zip 853088 2024-09-18T05:40:07.576646 application/epub+zip 166824 2024-09-18T05:40:06.766626 application/epub+zip 946003 2024-09-18T05:40:15.793598 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 909933 2024-09-18T05:40:11.436593 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222875 2022-09-19T14:59:57.986496 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222184 2024-09-18T05:40:05.190676 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 222825 2013-06-04T15:56:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 84347 2013-06-04T15:57:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 222271 2013-06-04T15:57:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 84228 2013-06-04T15:57:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21456 2024-09-18T05:40:15.945570 application/rdf+xml 24751 2024-09-18T05:40:06.865649 image/jpeg 3309 2024-09-18T05:40:06.816617 image/jpeg 803635 2024-09-18T05:40:05.998623 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