Swiss Family Robinson, The by WYSS, Johann David and WYSS, Johann Rudolf

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The Swiss Family Robinson has delighted generations of readers with its exciting tale of a family which, though shipwrecked, displays “the right stuff” and builds a charming colony that later, they do not want to leave. Cut off from the comforts and companionship of other humans, they use a familiarity with natural history and biology to find the resources and build the tools to construct a canoe, weave cloth, irrigate a garden, and turn an immense hollow tree into a lofty house with a spiral staircase. They domesticate buffaloes, wild asses, and monkeys. They establish farms and plantations. And finally, they have a terrifying encounter with natives from a nearby island.Johann David Wyss, the author, did not live to complete his tale. Storytellers over the years have injected so many episodes into the various versions that probably none closely match the original. (Indeed, the Baroness de Montholieu expanded the book from two volumes into five when she translated it into French.) This

  • 18 minutes 47 seconds
    Chapter 01
  • 18 minutes 51 seconds
    Chapter 40
  • 9 minutes 19 seconds
    Chapter 30
  • 9 minutes 35 seconds
    Chapter 31
  • 15 minutes 16 seconds
    Chapter 32
  • 12 minutes 48 seconds
    Chapter 33
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    Chapter 34
  • 14 minutes 17 seconds
    Chapter 35
  • 12 minutes 31 seconds
    Chapter 36
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    Chapter 37
  • 18 minutes 59 seconds
    Chapter 38
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