The Swiss Family Robinson; or, Adventures on a Desert Island

Name: The Swiss Family Robinson; or, Adventures on a Desert Island
Author: Johann David Wyss

by Johann David Wyss

EN·~11 hours

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Description

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. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swiss_Family_Robinson

Details

Language

Duration

~11 hours (684K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2011-01-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Islands -- Fiction Survival -- Fiction Family life -- Fiction

About the author

Johann David Wyss

1743–1818

Best known for creating The Swiss Family Robinson, this Swiss writer turned a survival adventure into one of the most enduring family classics in children's literature. He wrote the story to entertain and teach his sons, giving it a warm mix of action, curiosity, and practical lessons.

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