{"product_id":"the-swiss-family-robinson-paperback-7","title":"The Swiss Family Robinson - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohann David Wyss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Seelye\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eJohn Seelye\u003c\/b\u003e (Notes by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe authoritative original English version of a beloved classic.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One of the world's best-loved stories of shipwreck and survival, \u003ci\u003eThe Swiss Family Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e portrays a family's struggle to create a new life for themselves on a strange and fantastic tropical island. Blown off course by a raging storm, the family, a Swiss pastor, his wife, their four young sons, plus two dogs and a shipload of livestock, must rely on one another in order to adapt to their needs the natural wonders of their exotic new home. Inspired by Daniel Defoe's \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e, this classic story of invention and adventure has fired the imaginations of readers since it first appeared in 1812. Freely translated over the years, with major sections excised and new subplots added, the novel is published here in its original English translation, fully restored for a new generation of readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohann Wyss \u003c\/b\u003e(1743-1818) was, like the narrator of \u003ci\u003eThe Swiss Family Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e, a Swiss pastor who had four sons. He devised the idea of the island and its plethora of natural resources as a way to entertain and instruct his children. One of his sons, Johann Rudolf (1782-1830), was an accomplished writer and poet, educator and editor who devoted himself to collecting and publishing the folklore of his homeland, and who in 1811 composed the Swiss national anthem, \"Call'st Thou, My Fatherland?,\" to the tune of \"God Save the King.\" Johann Rudolf is best known for having completed and seen to publication of his father's novel, originally titled \u003ci\u003eDer Schweizerische Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e (Zurich, 1812) and translated into English two years after its first publication. The novel was an immediate popular success, and since then its translators have been many, and they have freely adapted and expanded the original German text, making it one of the most popular novels of all time. This edition reproduces the original English translation from 1816 by the great political philosopher William Godwin and his wife Mary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Seelye (editor, 1931-2015) \u003c\/b\u003etaught at the University of Florida and wrote numerous books, among them \u003ci\u003eThe True Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMark Twain at the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProphetic Waters: The River in Early American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Machine: Rivers and the Early Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMemory's Nation: The Place of Plymouth Rock\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWar Games: Richard Harding Davis and the New Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e. For thirty years he was the consulting editor for Penguin Classics in American literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 7.76 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52639294554419,"sku":"9780143104995","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/G1fsaRFQuv9780143104995.webp?v=1762343588","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-swiss-family-robinson-paperback-7","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}