Der Struwwelpeter Merry Stories and Funny Pictures - Softcover

Hoffmann, Heinrich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 4871873064 ISBN 13: 9784871873062

Publisher: Ishi Press, 2011

Synopsis

This classic collection of short children's stories has been translated into English. Der Struwwelpeter (1845) is a popular German children's book by Heinrich Hoffmann. It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each has a clear moral that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior in an exaggerated way. The title of the first story provides the title of the whole book. Literally translated, Struwwel-Peter means Shaggy-Peter. Struwwelpeter describes a boy who does not groom himself properly and is consequently unpopular.

About this title

About the Author:

Heinrich Hoffmann (June 13, 1809 - September 20, 1894) was a German psychiatrist, who also wrote short works. Hoffmann published poems and a satirical comedy before, in 1845, a publisher friend persuaded him to have a collection of illustrated children's verses printed which Hoffmann had done as Christmas present for his son. The book, later called Struwwelpeter after one of its anti-heroes, became popular with the public and had to be reprinted regularly; many foreign translations followed. "Struwwelpeter" was not perceived as cruel or overly moral by Hoffmann's contemporaries. The original title, "Funny stories and droll pictures", indicates that entertainment was at least partly the author's intention. After the book's success, Hoffmann felt persuaded to write other children's books, of which only the first, König Nussknacker oder der arme Reinhold, became popular. He also kept on writing satires and (often comic) poems for adults. His satires show his strong skepticism towards all kinds of ideology and his distaste for religious, philosophical or political bigotry.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ishi Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 4871873064
• ISBN 13: 9784871873062
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 24