The Swiss Family Robinson (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

When the ship's crew evacuate without them, the Robinson family are left to survive a great storm...
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Author: Johann David Wyss
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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The Swiss Family Robinson (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) by Wyss, Johann David

The Swiss Family Robinson (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

$143.25

The Swiss Family Robinson (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

$143.25
Author: Johann David Wyss
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

When the ship's crew evacuate without them, the Robinson family are left to survive a great storm alone. The ship survives the night, and the family soon find themselves on a tropical desert island. The book covers more than ten years with the Robinson's exploring various environments and building homes and gardens in various sites about the island. Throughout their adventures the Robinson's wonder if they will ever again rejoin the rest of humanity.

The Swiss Family Robinson was intended to teach Johann David Wyss' four sons about family values, good husbandry, the uses of the natural world, and self-reliance. Wyss presents adventures as lessons in natural history and physical science. Wyss' attitude toward education is in line with the teachings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and many chapters involve Christian-oriented moral lessons such as frugality, husbandry, acceptance, and cooperation.

This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket.



Author: Johann David Wyss
Publisher: Royal Classics
Published: 02/21/2021
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9781774762639
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author
Wyss, Johann David: - "Johann David Wyss (May 28, 1743 - January 11, 1818) was a Swiss author, best remembered for his book The Swiss Family Robinson in 1812. It is said that he was inspired by Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, but wanted to write a story from which his own children would learn, as the father in the story taught important lessons to his children. The Swiss Family Robinson was first published in German in 1812 and translated into English two years later. It has since become one of the most popular books of all time. The book was edited by his son, Johann Rudolf Wyss, a scholar who wrote the Swiss national anthem. Another son, Johann Emmanuel Wyss, illustrated the book. Unlike his son Johann Rudolf, who died at the age of 48, Johann David Wyss lived up to the age of 74, dying in 1818. Wyss has been described as an author whose style was firmly Christian and moral in tone. There are also many underlying tones of Christianity throughout the book and in the case of many of the characters and their morales. Jules Verne declared that The Swiss Family Robinson was one of his favorite books. He liked it so much that he decided to write a sequel entitled The Castaways of the Flag, published in 1900, many years after Wyss's death."

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