Translated into english jingles from the original german of dr. Voir plus didees sur le theme vox angeli, enfant sauvage et enfance. Book is readable but may have normal wear andor signs of aging spotting, yellowed pages, etc. Project gutenberg ebook of struwwelpeter, merry stories. Over 100,000 english translations of german words and phrases. Williams the marlborough struwwelpeter satirical fiction. All credit goes to my germanspeaking mom, although im not sure if she shared this book with my siblings and me because she thought it was a funny book or was trying to scare us straight. Heinrich hoffmann seinem vierjahrigen sohn ein selbstgemachtes bilderbuch. Cheerful stories and funny pictures with 15 beautiful colour plates for children from ages 3 to 6. Each has a clear moral that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior in an exaggerated way. It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Unhappy with the dry and pedagogic books available for children at the time, he wrote and illustrated struwwelpeter as a christmas.
Pages may include minimal notes andor highlighting and it may have a library stamp or other used book markings. Project gutenberg ebook of struwwelpeter, merry stories and. The english struwwelpeter, or, pretty stories and funny. Struwwelpeter variously translated as slovenly or shockheaded peter has become widely recognized as one of the most popular and influential childrens books ever written. Als ich damals heimkam, hatte ich aber doch ein buch mitgebracht. Internet archive bookreader the english struwwelpeter, or, pretty stories and funny pictures. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
Merry tales and funny pictures, by heinrich hoffman this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. The english struwwelpeter, or, pretty stories and funny pictures. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. Nearly every german knows this story, so it is culturally significant. Most of the stories tell the tale of a childs misbehavior and the grizzly end they will meet if they do not change their ways. With fredy kaindl, traute hohnisch, eric canso, renee stobrawa. Twains translation of per struwwelpeter titled slovenly peter, which the author described in his letter to his publisher as a book for little children 3 to 7 years.
Dust jacket, access codes and any supplemental material if applicable are not guaranteed. Publication date 1909 topics german poetry 19th century, hygiene poetry. English translation of struwwelpeter collins german. The english struwwelpeter, or, pretty stories and funny pictures by hoffmann, heinrich, 18091894. A live action adaptation of the 1845 childrens book. English translation of struwwelpeter the official collins germanenglish dictionary online. Struwwelpeter is a collection of childrens poetry meant to serve as instructions for lifes lessons. They hail him modern satyr disgusting struwwelpeter.
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