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The Swiss Family Robinson

Divine Providence and Swiss Industriousness Review of free Kindle edition A Public Domain Book Publication date: March 30, 2011 Language: English ASIN: B004UJ3C16 446 pages From the title page: THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON OR, Adventures on a Desert Island JEAN RUDOLPH WYSS THE WINDERMERE SERIES WITH ILLUSTRATION......more

Its fascinating to read these reviews and see how many people judge a story of this time period by the values of the 21st century. I doubt any of the people who have written these reviews have ever missed a meal let alone faced the dangers of survival in a wilderness. The story was written to fire......more

Argh, just noticed that I'm reading the confounded Abridged version. Stopping now! Will have to get the unabridged and start fresh. Still very happy to somehow have kept a book that I read over and over again as a kid, until its pages started falling out. (All pages rescued, happily.) But didn't you......more

Wow. What a relief to have that out of the way ... I have been painstakingly pushing my way through this book for a while now. Having said that, I always thought that The Swiss Family Robinson was just the type of story that I would like. Going into it, my expectations were high and I think my enthu......more

*****SPOILER ALERT ***** I've read it now, and it does not measure up to the Disney movie. It was so ridiculous! The boys shoot every animal they see, which range from inhabitants of the African savannah, Australia, and the American northwest -- yes, hippos, rhinos, lions, tigers, kangaroos, bears, e......more