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The Swiss Family Robinson

Author
Johann Rudolf Wyss
Read by
Raphael Croft
Language
English
Length
10 hours 33 minutes
ISBN
9781802566178
Published
14 May 2025
Imprint
Sovereign
  • swiss family
  • voyages
  • adventure
  • travel
  • classic
  • family
  • confession
  • biography
  • tropical island
  • remote island

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Description

Four boys and their parents, wrecked on a deserted island, build a life from salvage and what the land will give — tree-house, crops, livestock, defence against storm and beast. Wyss’s classic blends adventure with moral schooling: ingenuity as teamwork, nature as classroom, resilience as the family’s daily craft rather than a lone hero’s boast.

Author

Johann Rudolf Wyss (1782–1830) was a Swiss professor in Bern who edited and published The Swiss Family Robinson, the shipwreck classic drafted by his father, Johann David Wyss. Two titles here. The island is a school of making-do: wreck, family, and a world rebuilt from salvage. The son's name is on the title page; the father's pulpit is in the lessons.

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