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The Swiss Family Robinson

Johann David Wyss

Published1828
Pages341
Open Library3.3 / 5
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Excerpt

A Swiss family is shipwrecked on a tropical island, and must survive with what they can salvage from their ship, as well as the natural bounty of the island. The father leads his four sons on a series of adventures that teach important lessons in moral values, husbandry and natural history.

Literary origin

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  • Switzerland

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Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Survival
  • Family life
  • Islands
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks
  • Family
  • Juvenile literature
  • Voyages
  • Families

People

  • Johanna Johnston

Times & places

  • 1812
Added to BBRC

Oct 6, 2026

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