The Swiss Family Robinson

✍ Scribed by Wyss, Johann David

• Book ID: 108644311
• Publisher: BiblioBazaar
• Year: 1809
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 212 KB
• Series: Swiss 1
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

“For many days we had been tempest-tossed…the raging storm increased in fury until on the seventh day all hope was lost.”

From these dire opening lines, a timeless story of adventure begins. One family will emerge alive from this terrible storm: the Robinsons—a Swiss pastor, his wife, and four sons, plus two dogs and a shipload of livestock. Inspired by Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe** ,this heartwarming tale portrays a family’s struggle to create a new life on a strange and fantastic tropical island. There each boy must learn to utilize his own unique nature as their adventures lead to difficult challenges and amazing discoveries, including a puzzling message tied to an albatross’s leg. But it is in the ingenuity and authenticity of the family itself, and the natural wonders of this exotic land that have made *The Swiss Family Robinson**,* first published at the beginning of the nineteenth century, one of the most enduring and imitated stories of shipwreck and survival.

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Two sequels to this novel were written by Jules Verne

01 = Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

02 = Their Island Home

03 = Castaways of the Flag

Text: English (translation)

Original Language: German