The Swiss family Robinson : or adventures in a desert island / Johann David Wyss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wyss, Johann David, 1743-1818.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Fiction.

Families.

Islands--Fiction.

Islands.

Survival--Fiction.

Survival.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (547 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Auckland, New Zealand] : Floating Press, 1812.

Summary:

The Swiss Family Robinson tells the story of a Swiss family who are shipwrecked in the East Indies. First published in 1812, Johann David Wyss intended the novel to teach his sons family values and and self-reliance. The adventures in the book contain lessons in natural history and moral guidance, and include an impossible array of flora and fauna on a single island that the children use for their survival. The ""Robinson"" of the title refers not to the name of the...

Contents:

Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV; Chapter V; Chapter VI; Chapter VII; Chapter VIII; Chapter IX; Chapter X; Chapter XI; Chapter XII; Chapter XIII; Chapter XIV; Chapter XV; Chapter XVI; Chapter XVII; Chapter XVIII; Chapter XIX; Chapter XX; Chapter XXI; Chapter XXII; Chapter XXIII; Chapter XXIV; Chapter XXV; Chapter XXVI; Chapter XXVII; Chapter XXVIII; Chapter XXIX; Chapter XXX; Chapter XXXI; Chapter XXXII; Postscript by the Editor; Chapter XXXIII; Chapter XXXIV; Chapter XXXV; Chapter XXXVI; Chapter XXXVII; Chapter XXXVIII; Chapter XXXIX

Chapter XLChapter XLI; Chapter XLII; Chapter XLIII; Chapter XLIV; Chapter XLV; Chapter XLVI; Chapter XLVII; Chapter XLVIII; Chapter XLIX; Chapter L; Chapter LI; Chapter LII; Chapter LIII; Chapter LIV; Chapter LV; Chapter LVI; Chapter LVII; Conclusion; Postscript Two Years After

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource : title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 11, 2014).

ISBN:

1-77556-656-0

OCLC:

808776522