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This is the first volume of The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe. The Baron relates his fantastical experiences and exploits, telling of the many singular incidents such as climbing to the moon on a beanstalk, riding on a cannon ball, being swallowed by a fish and being rescued from its insides, flying on an eagle from Margate to America, and many other incredible adventures, and challenges anyone who doubts him, asserting he is "a traveler of veracity!"

Prikljuchenija barona Mjunghauzena - udivitel'no pravdivye rasskazy o neobyknovennyh prikljuchenijah vydumshhika i vesel'chaka barona Mjunhgauzena. Polet na jadre, olen' s vishnevym derevom mezhdu rogami, naiznanku vyvernutyj volk, vsadnik, vytjanuvshij sebja iz bolota za volosy i mnogie drugie prikljuchenija ljubimogo geroja.

"The Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia", or the "Startling adventures of Baron Munchausen", is one of the funniest texts ever written. It relates the exploits of a grandiloquent figure, in a series of absurd, impossible and extravagant feats. It is a charming tale of dreamlike adventures, a powerful satire and a personal attack, as it was meant to mock a real Baron known for telling outrageous tall tales based on his military career during the Russo-Turkish war. The adventures of the Baron will have you roar with laughter and unleash your imagination as you witness his cannonball ride or travels to the moon.