World Classics of Young Literature--The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Author: Baron de Maupassant
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Publish Date: 2001-07-01
Features: The protagonist of this book, Count von Munchausen, is a real German nobleman, born into a noble family, and himself a baron. He loves traveling, exploring adventures, and chivalrous deeds. He has served in the Russian army and fought against the Turks. Due to his rich life experiences, keen insight, imagination, and an innocent, optimistic nature, he is able to recount many of the adventures he encountered abroad after returning home. Because of his imaginative and artistic exaggeration in storytelling, people often listen to him in a trance. Count von Munchausen is well-known in Germany and has become a symbol of bragging and arrogance.