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Author: Johann Wyss Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 389
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Swiss Family Robinson - Johann David Wyss - First published in 1812, Johann David Wysss The Swiss Family Robinson is a classic story of survival on a deserted tropical island. While en route to Australia, the titular Swiss Family Robinson finds themselves in great peril when their vessel is caught in a violent storm. As the ship breaks apart when it is battered against a reef, the family is abandoned by their crew, who escape without them in the lifeboats. The family, which consists of a mother, father, and their four sons, are left to fend for themselves. Luckily as the storm subsides they see an island in the distance. After salvaging a plethora of food, livestock, and other supplies they fashion a crude raft from the wreckage and make their way for the island. Every day on the island brings a new adventure and a new obstacle to overcome, as the family struggles to survive in a foreign land isolated from society. Johann David Wyss, a Swiss pastor, wrote this tale of adventure not only to entertain but to instruct, specifically his four sons, in the ways of good family values and the virtue of self-reliance. This exciting adventure has been loved for generations by readers both young and old. This edition includes an introduction by Charles Nodier.
Author: Johann Wyss Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 389
Book Description
Swiss Family Robinson - Johann David Wyss - First published in 1812, Johann David Wysss The Swiss Family Robinson is a classic story of survival on a deserted tropical island. While en route to Australia, the titular Swiss Family Robinson finds themselves in great peril when their vessel is caught in a violent storm. As the ship breaks apart when it is battered against a reef, the family is abandoned by their crew, who escape without them in the lifeboats. The family, which consists of a mother, father, and their four sons, are left to fend for themselves. Luckily as the storm subsides they see an island in the distance. After salvaging a plethora of food, livestock, and other supplies they fashion a crude raft from the wreckage and make their way for the island. Every day on the island brings a new adventure and a new obstacle to overcome, as the family struggles to survive in a foreign land isolated from society. Johann David Wyss, a Swiss pastor, wrote this tale of adventure not only to entertain but to instruct, specifically his four sons, in the ways of good family values and the virtue of self-reliance. This exciting adventure has been loved for generations by readers both young and old. This edition includes an introduction by Charles Nodier.
Author: Johann David Johann David Wyss Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 217
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Swiss Family Robinson" is the classic tale of a Swiss pastor, his wife and their four sons who find themselves shipwrecked on an isolated tropical island. Along with a couple of dogs, some livestock, pigeons and geese, "Swiss Family Robinson," is the story of a family's struggle to survive in a foreign land isolated from society. Everyday brings a new adventure and a new obstacle to overcome. Above all, "Swiss Family Robinson" is a classic tale of adventure that can be enjoyed by readers both young and old.
Author: Johann David Wyss Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 394
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"Swiss Family Robinson" is the classic tale of a Swiss pastor, his wife and their four sons who find themselves shipwrecked on an isolated tropical island. Along with a couple of dogs, some livestock, pigeons and geese, "Swiss Family Robinson," is the story of a family's struggle to survive in a foreign land isolated from society. Everyday brings a new adventure and a new obstacle to overcome. Above all, "Swiss Family Robinson" is a classic tale of adventure that can be enjoyed by readers both young and old.
Author: Johann David Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 389
Book Description
"Swiss Family Robinson" is the classic tale of a Swiss pastor, his wife and their four sons who find themselves shipwrecked on an isolated tropical island. Along with a couple of dogs, some livestock, pigeons and geese, "Swiss Family Robinson," is the story of a family's struggle to survive in a foreign land isolated from society. Everyday brings a new adventure and a new obstacle to overcome. Above all, "Swiss Family Robinson" is a classic tale of adventure that can be enjoyed by readers both young and old.
Author: Johann David Wyss Publisher: Phoemixx Classics Ebooks ISBN: 3985941858 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 348
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Swiss Family Robinson - Johann David Wyss - First published in 1812, Johann David Wysss The Swiss Family Robinson is a classic story of survival on a deserted tropical island. While en route to Australia, the titular Swiss Family Robinson finds themselves in great peril when their vessel is caught in a violent storm. As the ship breaks apart when it is battered against a reef, the family is abandoned by their crew, who escape without them in the lifeboats. The family, which consists of a mother, father, and their four sons, are left to fend for themselves. Luckily as the storm subsides they see an island in the distance. After salvaging a plethora of food, livestock, and other supplies they fashion a crude raft from the wreckage and make their way for the island. Every day on the island brings a new adventure and a new obstacle to overcome, as the family struggles to survive in a foreign land isolated from society. Johann David Wyss, a Swiss pastor, wrote this tale of adventure not only to entertain but to instruct, specifically his four sons, in the ways of good family values and the virtue of self-reliance. This exciting adventure has been loved for generations by readers both young and old. This edition includes an introduction by Charles Nodier.
Author: Johann D. Wyss Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780143104995 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 500
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The authoritative original English version of a beloved classic. One of the world's best-loved stories of shipwreck and survival, The Swiss Family Robinson portrays a family's struggle to create a new life for themselves on a strange and fantastic tropical island. Blown off course by a raging storm, the family, a Swiss pastor, his wife, their four young sons, plus two dogs and a shipload of livestock, must rely on one another in order to adapt to their needs the natural wonders of their exotic new home. Inspired by Daniel Defoe's 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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author: Johann D. Wyss Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 328
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The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss is a book containing the fictional and episodic adventures of a family of six--a father, a mother, and four sons. The father's name is William, and he is not only the brave, knowledgeable leader of the family, but also the narrator of the story. His wife, Elizabeth, is intelligent and resourceful, evidenced by the fact that she takes with them a magical bag full of supplies including sewing materials and seeds. She can also cook a meal out of almost everything, from porcupine to penguin.William and Elizabeth's oldest son, Fritz, is fifteen years old. While he's intelligent like his mother, he's also impetuous. He's brave too, and accompanies William into potentially dangerous situations. After Fritz, there's Ernest, who is thirteen years old. He's even more intelligent than Fritz, but less active, and so he doesn't go with William as often as Fritz does. Jack is the next oldest boy at eleven years old. Bold and thoughtless, Jack is quick-thinking. Franz, or Francis, is the youngest member of the Robinson family. He is only eight years old and typically stays with Elizabeth.Understanding the main characters is crucial to understanding the book because since the story is episodic, there isn't an overarching plot line.The story begins with the six Robinsons aboard a ship. The ship is in rough seas during a storm, and the other passengers evacuate the ship, leaving the Robinsons to survive on their own. William prays for their salvation. After surviving the night, the family sees a tropical island ahead. They manage to create a small vessel on which they can reach the island, and fill it with provisions including food and ammunition. They row toward the island with two dogs, Turk and Juno, paddling along beside them.Once they make landfall, they construct a camp. Though it's temporary, William knows they will need a more permanent place to live on the island, and sets off exploring with Fritz to find out what the island has to offer. For their first few days on the island, they focus on securing enough food so that they won't starve. They return frequently to the ship, where much cargo, including livestock, survived the storm. The cargo also includes supplies and tools that allow the Robinsons to live in relative comfort in a permanent camp, first in a treehouse and then in a cave.In his explorations, Fritz meets Jenny Montrose, a young Englishwoman who was shipwrecked on another part of the island. Ten years later, Jenny ends up being the family's salvation when a ship comes in search of her. In the meantime, those ten years are filled with adventures on the island. Once the ship comes and offers them rescue, some of the family return to Europe while others opt to stay on the island. The journal that detailed their ten years of adventures is published into a book.The Swiss Family Robinson launched a number of adaptations, including everything from television movies to comic book series and even computer video games. These adaptations have kept the Robinson family's adventures alive throughout the years. Johan David Wyss wrote the book with the intention of imparting upon his four sons the values of resourcefulness and self-reliance, as well as what he considered to be strong moral values.The title was not meant originally to be about a family with the surname Robinson. Instead, the title The Swiss Family Robinson is based on the word Robinsonade, which is a literary genre of fiction based on the adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a famous fictional explorer created by novelist Daniel Defoe in 1719. A Robinsonade can be broadly described as a castaway story, or a story that takes place on a desert island. In cinema, one example of a Robinsonade story is the movie Castaway, starring Tom Hanks. Castaway isn't about a family's resourcefulness, but rather one man, a sole survivor who ends up befriending a volleyball in order to keep his sanity.
Author: Johann David Wyss Publisher: ISBN: 9781973573418 Category : Languages : en Pages : 320
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The Swiss Family Robinson (German: Der Schweizerische Robinson) is a novel by Johann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family shipwrecked in the East Indies en route to Port Jackson, Australia.
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