Der Räuber Hotzenplotz
core novel 1962 Hotzenplotz
Record
| First published | 1962 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  DE |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.22 (6,055 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Grandmother's coffee grinder, a gift from her grandsons Kasperl and Seppel that plays her favourite tune, is stolen by the robber Hotzenplotz. The two boys set out to trap him with a trail of sand, but the robber catches them one after the other. Hotzenplotz sells Kasperl to the wizard Petrosilius Zwackelmann while Seppel is made to work for the robber. In the wizard's castle Kasperl meets a fairy, Amaryllis, who has been turned into a toad, and he sets out to find a magic herb that can free her. The story is told as a Kasperl puppet-theatre tale with a comic policeman, Wachtmeister Dimpfelmoser, on the robber's trail.
Where it sits
- Universe: Hotzenplotz
- Series: Hotzenplotz core; position 1 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Otfried Preussler
Notes
- From the series record (Hotzenplotz): Kasperl and Seppel repeatedly chase the robber Hotzenplotz, in three books published in the author's lifetime and one found after his death.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Hotzenplotz: position 1 of 4: next Neues vom Räuber Hotzenplotz (1969)
Sources
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