Project Gutenberg 2012-12-19 Public domain in the USA. 262 Wyss, Johann David 1743 1818 Wyss, J. D. (Johann David) Wyss, Johann Rudolf 1782 1830 Wyss, Jean Rudolph Rogers, Walter S. 1871 1937 Rogers, W. S. Kingston, William Henry Giles 1814 1880 Kingston, W. H. G. Kingston, W.H.G. The Swiss Family Robinson: A Translation from the Original German Produced by Tor Martin Kristiansen, Kara Shallenberg, Asad Razzaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Swiss Family Robinson: A Translation from the Original German" by Johann Rudolf Wyss, edited by William H.G. Kingston, is a classic adventure novel written in the early 19th century. The story centers around the Robinson family, who find themselves shipwrecked on a deserted island, prompting a struggle for survival and the exploration of their resourcefulness and family dynamics in the face of adversity. The opening of the narrative plunges readers into the chaos of a violent storm at sea, where the father navigates the crisis as their ship is wrecked. As the crew panics and ultimately abandons the family, the father and his four sons gather courage and begin to make plans for their survival on the shore, fashioning makeshift swimming belts and gathering resources from the wreck. They face initial challenges, including the fear of being alone and the urgency of establishing a temporary refuge. The family’s strong bond and reliance on one another shine through as they transition from despair to a hopeful outlook for the future, setting the tone for a tale of adventure and resilience. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41659/41659-h/images/cover.jpg en Islands -- Fiction Survival -- Fiction Family life -- Fiction PT PZ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 905317 905327 2024-09-17T12:45:40.009075 2023-09-18T07:40:25.949382 text/html text/html 905586 2020-07-19T14:02:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 650287 2020-07-19T14:05:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 708053 2024-09-17T12:45:49.305016 application/epub+zip 702380 2024-09-17T12:45:41.122050 application/epub+zip 411820 2024-09-17T12:45:40.573049 application/epub+zip 933207 2024-09-17T12:45:56.258944 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 877557 2024-09-17T12:45:48.772010 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 587949 2022-09-19T05:31:35.102516 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 750973 750838 2024-09-17T12:45:38.643049 2023-09-18T07:40:24.992358 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 750595 2012-12-19T06:20:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 290183 2012-12-19T06:20:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 750591 2012-12-19T06:20:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 290140 2012-12-19T06:20:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23341 2024-09-17T12:45:56.697943 application/rdf+xml 28324 2024-09-17T12:45:40.685045 image/jpeg 4219 2024-09-17T12:45:40.629042 image/jpeg 652112 2024-09-17T12:45:40.087078 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia