The Swiss Family Robinson
by Wyss, Johann; Seelye, JohnFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1992-01-16
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
This children's story about the adventures of a Swiss family shipwrecked on an uninhabited island was inspired by Rousseau's theories of education. Many modern texts excise the more didactic digressions of the text. The World's Classics edition, however, presents the work in full, revealing the adult charm of the original work, with its quaint microcosm of learning and its gentle satire of a father not unaware of his occasional pomposities.
Table of Contents
| Shipwrecked and Alone | p. 1 |
| A Desolate Island | p. 9 |
| We Explore Our Island | p. 19 |
| The Homeward Journey | p. 28 |
| We Revisit the Wreck | p. 35 |
| Mother Makes a Suggestion | p. 45 |
| We Build a Bridge | p. 52 |
| The Journey to the Wonderful Trees | p. 58 |
| The Tree-House | p. 64 |
| A Visit to Tentholm | p. 71 |
| The Strange Animal | p. 78 |
| Towed by a Turtle | p. 85 |
| An Important Experiment | p. 92 |
| The Pinnace and the Petard | p. 99 |
| The Calabash Wood | p. 105 |
| Last Visit to the Wreck | p. 115 |
| The Buffalo Hunt | p. 122 |
| The Hollow Tree | p. 131 |
| The Rainy Season | p. 139 |
| The Salt Cavern | p. 145 |
| "Woodlands" | p. 155 |
| Thanksgiving Day | p. 161 |
| The Island Sports Carnival | p. 165 |
| A Midnight Raid | p. 173 |
| The Stranded Whale | p. 184 |
| Jack Discovers a Skeleton | p. 193 |
| Death of a Monster | p. 198 |
| An Inland Journey | p. 208 |
| The Desert | p. 214 |
| Ostriches and Bears | p. 221 |
| The Captive Ostrich | p. 230 |
| Home Again | p. 238 |
| A Visit to Whale Island | p. 244 |
| Our First Harvest | p. 251 |
| The Trial of the "Sea Horse" | p. 257 |
| News by Pigeon Post | p. 263 |
| To the Rescue | p. 268 |
| After Ten Years | p. 274 |
| The Mysterious Message | p. 281 |
| Fritz Says Good-bye | p. 288 |
| The Stranger | p. 293 |
| Jenny | p. 302 |
| The Mysterious Guns | p. 311 |
| Three Cheers for New Switzerland! | p. 320 |
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