Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
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"Swiss Family Robinson" by Johann David Wyss is a novel first published in 1812. When a Swiss family's ship is wrecked in the East Indies, they must survive alone after the crew abandons them. Stranded on a tropical island with salvaged supplies and animals, the family builds a new life, facing adventures while learning lessons about self-reliance, natural history, and cooperation. This classic "Robinsonade" follows their resourceful struggle to create a settlement
in an unknown land, uncertain if rescue will ever come. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Wyss, Johann David, 1743-1818 |
|---|---|
| Title | Swiss Family Robinson |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swiss_Family_Robinson |
| Note | Translation of Der schweizerische Robinson. |
| Credits | Produced by Anne Wingate |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 71.9 (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 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 3836 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2003 |
| Last Update | Sep 23, 2019 |
| Copyright | Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details. |
| Downloads | 1463 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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