Baron Munchausen's astounding feats included riding cannonballs, traveling to the Moon, and pulling himself out of a bog by his own hair. The Baron's definitive visual image belongs to Gustave Doré, the artist famed for his engravings of scenes from the Divine Comedy, Don Quixote, and other literary classics. 160 black-and-white illustrations.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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It's all about imagination,
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This review is from: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) (Paperback)
Whenever you have the desire to just let your imagination go with some total escapist reading, you can't really go wrong with any of the Munchausen stories. The movie of the same title by Terry Gilliam is also wonderful. These are good stories to read to a fairly young (like between 5 and 10) year old child, but I find them entertaining as well. I'm not sure how the other reviewer could find them 'dull', but I suppose it's a matter of taste, and perhaps imagination. This book was written in an eloquent rather baroque way, and is a bit flowery in it's language. The language used relects the time, teller and story however, and is appropriate. Another good fantastical escapist book is 'The Worm Ouroboros' by E.R. Eddison.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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No illustrations by Dore,
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This review is from: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Forgotten Books) (Paperback)
If you are looking for an edition of this book that has illustrations by Gustave Dore, do not purchase this. As of 01/29/10, if you search for books with Dore's work in them, this turns up. There are no illustrations with this version. My rating is in no way related to the story or any other aspect of this edition, which seems fine, and is quite entertaining.
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mendacious bedtime tales,
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This review is from: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Forgotten Books) (Paperback)
There is a photograph of me with an illustrated copy of Munchausen taken when I was a sweet 5 year old. I was taken with the great fibber then and now that I'm 63 I'm still taken him. Many of the tales I can remember quite well.
The more important aspect of this short book is the background material on the author and associated detail. I chased the Munchausen book for some time as literature for my grand daughters to compliment, Stauwel Peter, and Max und Moritz and I wanted them in English. I always balked when the author was given as Raspe until my research showed an seed that Munchausen was not his own author. The tales are short and the reader can interpolate and ad lib which is not only good for bedtime stories but an incentive to enhance the listeners' imagination. All in all the book brought back fond childhood memories, consolidated knowledge of publishing in Europe for the 18th century and there-abouts and well worth the effort to obtain. An excellent book who's stories will enhance the imagination and not confuse tall tales with any semblance of truth. Great for imaginative childrens' bedtime stories, adding a touch of "classical language" to enhance critical and imaginative language experience.
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