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reviewed Münchhausens Abenteuer by Gottfried August Bürger (Easy readers -- Leicht zu lesen -- Klassiker -- A)

Good for kids

  • The person which is the main character in the stories actually existed: Hieronymus Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen
  • I liked the stories as a kid, but now they sound too stupid
  • The stories at the middle and end of the book are way better than at the beginning
  • Many stories sound like the ones from Jules Verne but the Münchhausen stories have to be older because Gottfried August Bürger was already dead before Jules Verne wrote his books
  • According to an interview, Jules Verne relished reading the Baron stories as a child, and used them as inspiration for his own adventure novels