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Rudolph Erich Raspe

THE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN

Virtual Entertainment, 2015
Series: World adventure books

Baron Munchausen is a fictional German nobleman in literatureand film. The fictional Baron's exploits, narrated by himself,focus on his impossible achievements as a sportsman, soldier, andtraveler, such as riding on a cannonball and traveling to the Moon.Raspe's book was a major international success, and versions of thefictional Baron have appeared on stage, screen, radio, andtelevision.
The fictionalized character was created by a German-born writer,scientist, and con artist, Rudolf Erich Raspe. Raspe probably metHieronymus von Münchausen while studying at the University ofGöttingen,[5] and may even have been invited to dine with him atthe mansion at Bodenwerder. Raspe's later career mixed writing andscientific scholarship with theft and swindling; when the Germanpolice issued advertisements for his arrest in 1775, he fledcontinental Europe and settled in England.[14]

In his native German language, Raspe wrote a collection ofanecdotes inspired by Münchhausen's tales, calling the collection"M-h-s-nsche Geschichten" ("M-h-s-n Stories"). It remains unclearhow much of Raspe's material comes directly from the Baron, but themajority of the stories are derived from older sources, includingHeinrich Bebel's Facetiæ (1508) and Samuel Gotthold Lange's DeliciæAcademicæ (1765). "M-h-s-nsche Geschichten" appeared as a featurein the eighth issue of the Vade mecum für lustige Leute (Handbookfor Fun-loving People), a Berlin humor magazine, in 1781. Raspepublished a sequel, "Noch zwei M-Lügen" ("Two more M-Fibs"), in thetenth issue of the same magazine in 1783. The hero and narrator ofthese stories was identified only as "M-h-s-n," keeping Raspe'sinspiration partly obscured while still allowing knowledgeableGerman readers to make the connection to Münchhausen. Raspe's namedid not appear at all.

— From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.


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  • App Name
    Baron Munchausen
  • Package Name
    com.virenter.books.aaaaf
  • Updated
    September 20, 2016
  • File Size
    3.0M
  • Requires Android
    Android 4.1 and up
  • Version
    3.0
  • Developer
    Virtual Entertainment
  • Installs
    100 - 500
  • Price
    Free
  • Category
    Books & Reference
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