by Johann Wyss · Pearson Education · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781405855488
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«The Swiss Family Robinson» is the juvenile adventure novel by Johann Wyss, published by Pearson Education in paperback (72 pages, in English).
Adaptation of Johann Wyss's classic for English learners. When a storm destroys the ship they are travelling on, the Robinson family manages to reach an island. With the knowledge of the father and mother, their four sons learn to find shelter and food while seeking a way to escape.
Level 3 of the Pearson English Graded Readers series, second edition. Published in March 2008.
Aimed at students of English as a foreign language and young readers who want to practise reading in English.
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.
