The Swiss Family Robinson - Paperback
by Johann Wyss
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Availability:In StockContributor:Johann Wyss, J. Hillis Miller (Introduction by), Elizabeth Janeway (Afterword by)Series:Signet ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2004-12-07Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:Signet BookISBN-13:9780451529619ISBN-10:451529618UPC:9780451529619Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Action & Adventure, Coming of AgeSize:6.70 x 4.20 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCPZKY25MR
The Swiss Family Robinson
The classic adventure tale of a brave family who must come together to survive in their new deserted island home. 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...
Series: Signet Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Signet BookISBN-13:9780451529619ISBN-10:451529618UPC:9780451529619Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Action & Adventure, Coming of AgeSize:6.70 x 4.20 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCPZKY25MR
Johann David Wyss (1743-1818) was an army chaplain with four sons; it was to entertain them that he wrote The Swiss Family Robinson. His son Johan Rudolf prepared the manuscript for publication in Zurich in 1812-13. The first English edition was translated by William Godwin in 1814. J. Hillis Miller taught for many years at Johns Hopkins University and then at Yale University, before going to the...
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