The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Author(s): Rudolf Erich Raspe
Genre(s): Fantastic Fiction, General Fiction
Narrators: Glen Hallstrom, Denny Sayers (d. 2015), Tom Barron, Elli, Mark F. Smith, Catharine Eastman, Troy Bond, R Booth, David Rees-Thomas, Mike Harris, Quillhog, Christopher Sanner, Annise
Number of Chapters: 34
Length: 4 hours and 44 minutes
Language: English
The stories about Münchhausen were first collected and published by an anonymous author in 1781. An English version was published in London in 1785, by Rudolf Erich Raspe, as Baron Munchhausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia, also called The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchhausen. It is not clear how much of the story material derives from the Baron himself; however, it is known that the majority of the stories are based on folktales that have been in circulation for many centuries before Münchhausen's birth. (Summary by Wikipedia)