# The Swiss Family Robinson: A Translation from the Original German

By Johann David Wyss.

"The Swiss Family Robinson: A Translation from the Original German by Wyss" by Johann David Wyss is a novel first published in 1812. After their ship is wrecked in the East Indies, a Swiss family finds themselves stranded on a deserted island. The parents and their four sons must build a new life from scratch, using the ship's salvaged supplies and the island's natural resources. Through ingenuity and cooperation, they create a settlement and face various adventures in their tropical refuge, all while wondering if rescue will ever come. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Editor: Johann Rudolf Wyss
- Illustrator: Walter S. Rogers
- Translator: William Henry Giles Kingston
- Subjects: Islands -- Fiction; Survival -- Fiction; Family life -- Fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Swiss Family Robinson (Version 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/3347) by Johann David Wyss and Johann Rudolf Wyss (12 h 47 min, English)

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