The Swiss Family Robinson

Name: The Swiss Family Robinson
Author: Johann D. Wyss
ISBN: 0143104993

by Johann D. Wyss

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Originally published as «Der Schweizerische Robinson» (German)

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 n

First published 1812500 pages

Category: Literature
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 1
Editions known: 95

Classification

Dewey (DDC): [Fic]833.6
Library of Congress (LCC): PZ0007.W996 S83PT2583.W9S313 2007PT2583.W9S313 1991PZ0007.W996 S77

Subjects

Adventure and adventurersAdventure and adventurers, fictionCastawaysChildren's fictionClassicsFamiliesFamillesFamilyFamily lifeFamily life, fictionFictionFiction, action & adventure

This edition

ISBN 0143104993English

DATE DUE

First published1812

Adaptation adaptation1867

Film adaptation1940

Film adaptation1960

TV adaptation1997

Film adaptation1998

TV adaptation2002

StatusREAD

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