The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Hardcover)

Rudolf Erich Raspe

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Lingua: inglese

Editore: Everyman, London, 2012

1857155181 / 9781857155181

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Hardcover. The only available hardcover edition of the fantastical story of the semi-mythical folk hero Baron Munchausen, who has delighted generations of readers all over the world. With a full-cloth, quality hardcover binding, a silk ribbon marker, and gorgeous illustrations by Gustave Dore.Baron Munchausen's absurd adventures have entertained adults and children alike for more than two centuries. First published in England in 1785, his traveller's tales soon became as well known as those of his near contemporaries, Gulliver and Robinson Crusoe - but are a great deal funnier! The real Baron M nchhausen was a German aristocrat whose colourful military career and sporting experiences provided ample material for the after-dinner stories for which he became notorious. One of the guests at the Baron's table was Rudolf Erich Raspe, librarian, scientist and writer, who later, hard-up in London, turned the Baron's astonishing life-story to good account. Raspe's fictional Baron adopts the same tone of nonchalant exaggeration apparently characteristic of the original as he tells how he turned a wolf inside out in Russia, rode on a Turkish cannon ball, danced a hornpipe in the stomach of large fish which had swallowed him alive, mended his horse which had been severed in two by a portcullis, lent his friend General Elliot a hand at the siege of Gibraltar by nipping into the enemy camp and destroying all their cannon, and even visited the moon - twice. The more preposterous the subject, the more earnest and deadpan the narrator's manner. Though many artists have been inspired by the Baron's fantastic escapades, Gustave Dore's illustrations (1862) are by far the best Features Baron Munchausen's absurd adventures. This book tells how he turned a wolf inside out in Russia, rode on a Turkish cannon ball, danced a hornpipe in the stomach of large fish which had swallowed him alive, mended his horse which had been severed in two by a portcullis, and lent his friend General Elliot a hand at the siege of Gibraltar. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Codice articolo 9781857155181

Titolo
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Hardcover)
Autore
Rudolf Erich Raspe
Editore
Everyman, London
Anno di pubblicazione
2012
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Hardcover
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1857155181
ISBN 13
9781857155181

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