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The Swiss Family Robinson tells the story of a Swiss family who are shipwrecked in the East Indies. First published in 1812, Johann David Wyss intended the novel to teach his sons family values and and self-reliance. The adventures in the book contain lessons in natural history and moral guidance, and include an impossible array of flora and fauna on a single island that the children use for their survival. The "Robinson" of the title refers not to the name of the family but to Robinson Crusoe, implying that they are a Swiss version of the Crusoe story.
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Fiction, Survival, Family life, Islands, Juvenile fiction, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Family, Juvenile literature, Voyages, Families, Robinsonades, Imaginary, Shipwrecks, Shipwreck survival, Classics, Imaginary Voyages, Castaways, Survival (Title), Children's fiction, Family life, fiction, Islands, fiction, Fiction, family life, Switzerland, fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, Motion pictures, Motion pictures, juvenile literature, Adventure and adventurers, Wilderness survival, fiction, Shipwrecks, fiction, Fiction, family life, general, Wilderness survival, Familles, Romans, nouvelles, Survie après naufrages, Survie en milieu sauvage, Îles, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Survival, fiction, Fiction, action & adventurePeople
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A Swiss family is shipwrecked on a tropical island, and must survive with what they can salvage from their ship, as well as the natural bounty of the island. The father leads his four sons on a series of adventures that teach important lessons in moral values, husbandry and natural history.
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