by Johann Wyss · Pearson Longman · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780582819986
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The Swiss Family Robinson is an enchanting story about a family who are shipwrecked and arrive to a desert island. The book narrates the adventures of a minister, his wife, and four sons, Fritz, Ernest, Francis, and Jack, as they build a wonderful house in a tree, and learn how to survive on the island. Despite being isolated from the world, they find happiness and satisfaction in their new life, to the point of not wanting to be rescued.
Johann David Wyss was a Swiss author, best remembered for his book The Swiss Family Robinson (1812). He was born and died in Bern. It is said that he was inspired by Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, but wanted to write a story from which his own children would learn, as the father in the story taught important lessons to his children. The Swiss Family Robinson was first published in German in 1812, then translated into English two years later. The book was edited by his son, Johann Rudolf Wyss, a scholar known for writing the Swiss national anthem, Rufst du, mein Vaterland. Another of Wyss's sons, Johann Emmanuel Wyss, illustrated the book. Johann David Wyss died in 1818 at the age of 74. He lived longer than his son Johann Rudolf, who would die twelve years later at the age of 48.
