Max and Maurice: A Juvenile History in Seven Tricks: Poetry Guide and Free Edition

Max and Maurice: A Juvenile History in Seven Tricks is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Busch, Wilhelm (1832–1908). The listed translation credits are Brooks, Charles Timothy (1813–1883).

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"Max and Maurice: A Juvenile History in Seven Tricks" by Wilhelm Busch is an illustrated story in verse published in 1865. This blackly humorous German tale follows two mischievous boys through seven escalating pranks that torment their neighbors—from trapping chickens and tormenting a tailor to filling pipes with gunpowder and stealing sweets. Told entirely in rhymed couplets, this inventive work has profoundly influenced comic strip history and remains deeply embedded in German-speaking culture, where the leering duo symbolizes childhood mischief itself.

Book and edition facts

• Title: Max and Maurice: A Juvenile History in Seven Tricks
• Author credits: Busch, Wilhelm (1832–1908)
• Catalogue language: English
• Translator credits: Brooks, Charles Timothy (1813–1883)

Catalogue subjects

• Children's poetry
• Practical jokes -- Juvenile poetry
• Wit and humor

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• Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
• Category: German Literature
• Category: Humour
• Category: Poetry

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