Nearly every german knows this story, so it is culturally significant. The title poem is about a messy boy struwwel means slovenly with his uncombed hair and dirty nails. This book was first published in german in 1844, and in english translation in 1848. Cheerful stories and funny pictures with 15 beautiful colour plates for children from ages 3 to 6. Heinrich hoffman and immediately became very popular. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The title of the first story provides the title of. The book contains 10 poems that serve as warnings to naughty boys and girls. In the original edition of heinrich hoffmans 1845 german childrens book, the most famous characterstruwwelpeter, or shockheaded peter, whose name later became the book s title.
The title of the first story provides the title of the whole book. The english struwwelpeter, or, pretty stories and funny pictures. With fredy kaindl, traute hohnisch, eric canso, renee stobrawa. The fun but morbid struwwelpeter is a 19thcentury german. See spanish english translations with audio pronunciations, examples, and wordbyword explanations. English translation of struwwelpeter the official collins germanenglish dictionary online. Unhappy with the dry and pedagogic books available for children at the time, he wrote and illustrated. Each has a clear moral that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior in an exaggerated way. Text and dictionary dual language quiz short answer struwwelpeter. Each of its ten illustrated rhymes contain clear moral lessonsand shows, in. A publishing phenomenon that is still in print today, the english struwwelpeter first appeared as a german childrens christmas picture book, dr heinrich hoffmanns lustige. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Jun 14, 2017 in the original edition of heinrich hoffmans 1845 german childrens book, the most famous characterstruwwelpeter, or shockheaded peter, whose name later became the book s title.
See spanishenglish translations with audio pronunciations, examples, and wordbyword explanations. Struwwelpeter in english translation dover childrens. I bought it and thought what a great book for little boys, having never heard of it myself before that. Internet archive bookreader the english struwwelpeter, or, pretty stories and funny pictures internet archive bookreader the english struwwelpeter, or, pretty stories. Stamp with two characters, issued on hoffmanns 200th birthday struwwelpeter or shockheaded peter is so much fun that even mark twain translated it into english in 1891. Struwwelpeter project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. An internet search for struwwelpeter returns over 400,000 results. The finalversionof per struwwelpeter, as itisknown and loved by millions of german speakers today and which istheeditionthat twain. Hoffmans style, which is instructive and moralistic, coupled with the sadistic content of his works lend a unique quality to the stories that we dont see in. Struwwelpeter in english translation dover publications.
The 19thcentury book of horrors that scared german kids into. We present here the remarkable englishlanguage version by an. I bought it and thought what a great book for little boys, having never. The first english translation was published in 1848. Project gutenberg ebook of struwwelpeter, merry stories and. Each of its ten illustrated rhymes contain clear moral lessonsand shows, in an exaggerated way. Each of its ten illustrated rhymes contain clear moral lessonsand shows, in an exaggerated way, the.
Most of the stories tell the tale of a childs misbehavior and the grizzly end they will meet if. Struwwelpeter in english translation dover childrens classics by heinrich hoffmann. Struwwelpeter in english translation dover childrens classics. 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. 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. Struwwelpeter the story of little suck a thumb youtube. Struwwelpeter is a bit different from the poetry book of my youth. Struwwelpeter variously translated as slovenly or shockheaded peter has become widely recognized as one of the most popular and influential childrens books ever. It is macabre, but so was much great childrens writing before the saccharinization of childrens books and films. English translation of struwwelpeter collins german.
The stories have been translated into a variety of languages, including an english translation by american author mark twain. 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. Today, struwwelpeter scholars have given up trying to count the editions and imitations and parodies and translations that are still appearing. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. The book relates in verse and pictures the often gruesome consequences. The childrens book every kid dreaded in the 18th century. Struwwelpeter heinrich hoffmann this web edition of hoffmanns classic childrens story incorporates the original illustrations. Struwwelpeter is a collection of childrens poetry meant to serve as instructions for lifes lessons. The struwwelpeter museum is at 20 schubertstrasse in frankfurt, a short walk from the palmengarten entrance. A live action adaptation of the 1845 childrens book. Each of its ten illustrated rhymes contain clear moral lessonsand shows, in an exaggerated way, the consequences of bad behavior. It is the most demented book ever published in germany, where each morality tale is supposed to scare little children into behaving. They hail him modern satyr disgusting struwwelpeter. Struwwelpeter variously translated as slovenly or shockheaded peter has become widely recognized as one of the most popular and influential childrens books ever written.
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