The Swiss Family Robinson
 

The Swiss Family Robinson (Signet Classics (Paperback))

by Johann D. Wyss

“For many days we had been tempest-tossed…the raging storm increased in fury until on the seventh day all hope was lost.”

From these dire opening lines, a timeless story of adventure begins. One family will emerge alive from this terrible storm: the Robinsons—a Swiss pastor, his wife, and four sons, plus two dogs and a shipload of livestock. Inspired by Daniel... (read more)

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Joseph the Bald
  • Rated 4 stars

Few books wrap one up so completely in the fabric of sail and bandage as this. All hail such good, sturdy fiction which does not, as so often happens in this modern age, wither into the whiny paean of self-pity and supposed personal exorcism.

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Seth F
  • Rated 1 stars

A remarkable tale for its time, but a wordy, elusive overachievement when contrasted to modern tastes.

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