For six days and nights, a storm tosses the Robinson family's ship around on the sea, before dashing it on the rocks off a deserted island. All the sailors are gone. The family is alone! But nothing can keep the cheerful Swiss family Robinson down for long. Father and Mother Robinson, along with the
The Swiss Family Robinson
β Scribed by Johann David Wyss
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics;Puffin
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 380 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
EDITORIAL REVIEW:
One of the worlds best-loved stories of shipwreck and survival, *The Swiss Family Robinson* portrays a familys struggle to create a new life for themselves on a strange and fantastic tropical island. Blown off course by a raging storm, the familya Swiss pastor, his wife, their four young sons, plus two dogs and a shipload of livestockmust rely on one another in order to adapt to their needs the natural wonders of their exotic new home. Inspired by Daniel Defoes *Robinson Crusoe*, this classic story of invention and adventure has fired the imaginations of readers since it first appeared in 1812. Freely translated over the years, with major sections excised and new subplots added, the novel is published here in its original English translation, fully restored for a new generation of readers.
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