De verrezen Gulliver;

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De verrezen Gulliver;

by Rudolf Erich Raspe

NL·~3 hours

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Description

A lively, tongue‑in‑cheek travelogue invites listeners to follow a daring explorer as he sets sail from the moon‑lit seas of the Moon and the Star‑Dog to far‑flung lands such as Russia, Iceland, Turkey and the mysterious depths of the Atlantic. The narrator’s vivid sketches of strange peoples—creatures with simmering stomachs and customs that seem both exotic and absurd—bring each stop to life, while the ever‑present humor undercuts grandiose claims of discovery.

Beyond the colorful geography, the work doubles as a sharp satire of boastful travelers and their endless fabrications. The author playfully exposes how some adventurers twist truth into elaborate tales, turning earnest curiosity into a parade of exaggerations. Listeners will enjoy the clever blend of genuine wonder and witty criticism, which invites reflection on the fine line between awe‑inspiring exploration and self‑serving myth‑making.

Presented in a richly illustrated edition, the narration retains the original’s spirited tone, offering a charmingly irreverent glimpse into 18th‑century imagination and the timeless allure of voyages that blur fact and fancy.

Details

Full title

De verrezen Gulliver; behelzende de zonderlinge reizen en avonturen, van den baron van Munchhausen, In Rusland, Ysland, Turkije, Egipte, Gibraltar, in de Kaspische, Middellandsche en Atlantische Zeëen, en door het middenpunt van den berg Etna naa de Zuid-zee

Language

nl

Duration

~3 hours (190K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (produced from scans from Early Dutch Books Online & Universiteitsbibliotheek, Amsterdam)

Release date

2013-06-04

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Rudolf Erich Raspe

Rudolf Erich Raspe

1737–1794

Best remembered for launching Baron Munchausen into literary fame, this 18th-century German writer lived a life almost as colorful as his stories. Scholar, librarian, and adventurer all at once, he brought wild exaggeration and satirical wit into a book that never really went out of print.

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