The Swiss family Robinson / Johann David Wyss.

By:

Wyss, Johann David, 1743-1818

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Illustrated junior libraryPublication details: New York : Dover Publications Inc., 2001, [1812].Description: 338 p. ; 17 cmISBN:

9780486416601 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Adventure fiction, Juvenile.

Summary: "Originally written to entertain his four young sons, Johann David Wyss based The Swiss Family Robinson on Daniel Defoe's classic shipwreck story, Robinson Crusoe (1719). Upon its initial publication in 1812, The Swiss Family Robinson was received with great enthusiasm not only as a first-rate adventure story, but also as a practical guide to self-sufficiency." --From the publisher.

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"Introduction by Edward Packard." --t. p.

"First published in 1812" --t. p. verso.

"Originally written to entertain his four young sons, Johann David Wyss based The Swiss Family Robinson on Daniel Defoe's classic shipwreck story, Robinson Crusoe (1719). Upon its initial publication in 1812, The Swiss Family Robinson was received with great enthusiasm not only as a first-rate adventure story, but also as a practical guide to self-sufficiency." --From the publisher.