The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Raspe, Rudolf Erich, 1737-1794

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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Munchausen Release date is 2006-04-06

Produced by Emma Dudding; Dagny; John Bickers; David Widger Produced by Emma Dudding; Dagny; John Bickers; David Widger

"The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen" by Rudolf Erich Raspe is a book published in 1785. This comedic work features impossible tales narrated by a fictional German nobleman loosely based on a real baron known for telling outrageous stories. The Baron recounts absurd exploits including riding on a cannonball, battling a giant crocodile, and traveling to the Moon. Through wildly exaggerated adventures as a sportsman, soldier, and traveler, the stories satirize tall tales and social pretensions while celebrating the art of outlandish storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.)



Humorous stories Voyages and travels -- Fiction Voyages, Imaginary -- Fiction Tall tales

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