The Swiss Family Robinson; or, Adventures on a Desert Island by Johann David Wyss

"The Swiss Family Robinson; or, Adventures on a Desert Island" by Johann David Wyss is a novel first published in 1812. When a Swiss family's ship is wrecked in the East Indies, they find themselves stranded without the crew. The parents and their four sons must reach a nearby island and build a new life from scratch. Using salvaged supplies and the island's resources, they create a settlement and face various adventures. Will they ever see civilization again, or will this island become their permanent home? (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Wyss, Johann David, 1743-1818
Dubious author Wyss, Johann Rudolf, 1782-1830
Illustrator Winter, Milo, 1888-1956
Title The Swiss Family Robinson; or, Adventures on a Desert Island
Note Jean Rudolph Wyss is credited as author on title page of this edition, but his father Johann David Wyss is more commonly listed as author. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swiss_Family_Robinson
Credits Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan and the Online
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 71.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject Islands -- Fiction
Subject Survival -- Fiction
Subject Family life -- Fiction
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EBook-No. 34808
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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