The Swiss Family Robinson

Name: The Swiss Family Robinson
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 2 (2 reviews)
Author: Johann David Wyss
ISBN: 9781400185849

Author: Johann David Wyss

Narrator: Norman Dietz

Unabridged: 12 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/15/2010

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Swept off course by a raging storm, a Swiss pastor, his wife, and their four young sons are shipwrecked on an uncharted tropical island. Thus begins the classic story of survival and adventure that has fired the imaginations of readers since it first appeared in 1812. With optimism and boundless enthusiasm, the Robinson family undertakes the extraordinary task of constructing a home for themselves and exploring the primitive island filled with strange and beautiful creatures and exotic fruits and plants.

Rich in action and suspense, this exhilarating novel takes us to a faraway place of danger and beauty, where the courageous Robinson family embarks on a thrilling new life of adventure and discovery.

About Johann David Wyss

Johann David Wyss (1743–1818), is best remembered for his book The Swiss Family Robinson. Like the narrator of his famous story of survival on an uninhabited island, Wyss was a Swiss pastor who had four sons. It was to entertain and instruct these children that he devised the idea of the island and its plethora of natural resources. The book was edited by his son, Johann Rudolf, a scholar who wrote the Swiss national anthem. Another son, Johann Emmanuel, illustrated the book.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Charles on October 18, 2022

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

Goodreads review by Drayton on June 12, 2014

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

Goodreads review by mark on September 27, 2020

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

Goodreads review by Marty on August 26, 2009

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

Goodreads review by carrie on May 26, 2008

*****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