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Subject(s)

• Families—Fiction [Browse]
• Islands—Fiction [Browse]
• Survival—Fiction [Browse]

Related name

• Seelye, John, 1931-2015 [Browse]

Series

Oxford World's Classics [More in this series]

Summary note

The Swiss Family Robinson is an adventure story with a decidedly domestic centre, in which smugness and safety thoroughly outbalance the element of danger. Inspired by Rousseau's theories of education, the story of the shipwrecked Swiss pastor and his family is liberally seasoned with suspense, adventure, and discovery. Popular from the moment of its publication in 1812. it established a pattern for children's literature and continues to appeal to young readers and adults alike.

Source of description

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Language note

English

Contents

• Cover; Contents; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON; 1. A Shipwreck, and Preparations for Deliverance; 2. A Landing, and Consequent Occupations; 3. Voyage of Discovery; 4. Return from the Voyage of Discovery; a Nocturnal Alarm; 5. Return to the Wreck; 6. A Troop of Animals in Cork Jackets; 7. Second Journey of Discovery, Performed by the Mother of the Family; 8. Construction of a Bridge; 9. Change of Abode; 10. Construction of a Ladder; 11. The Settling in the Giant Tree; 12. The Sabbath and the Parable
• 13. Conversation, a Walk, and Important Discoveries 14. Continuation of the Preceding Chapter, and More Discoveries; 15. Hopes of a Sledge; Some Short Lessons in Useful Things; 16. A Bathing, a Fishing, the Jumping Hare, and a Masquerade; 17. More Stores from the Wreck; 18. The Tortoise Harnessed; 19. Another Trip to the Wreck; 20. The Cracker and the Pinnace; 21. Gymnastic Exercises; Various Discoveries; Singular Animals, etc.; 22. Excursion into Unknown Tracts; 23. Useful Occupations and Labours; Embellishments; a Painful but Natural Sentiment; 24. A New Domain; the Troop of Buffaloes
• the Vanquished Hero 25. The Malabar Eagle; Sago Manufactory; Bees; 26. Treatment of Bees; Staircase; Training of Various Animals; Manufactures, etc.; 27. The Wild Ass-Difficulty in Breaking it-The Heath Fowl's Nest; 28. Flax; and the Rainy Season; 29. Spring; Spinning; Salt Mine; 30. House in the Salt Rock; Herring Fishery; 31. New Fishery; New Experiments; New Discoveries, and House; 32. Completion of two Farmhouses; a Lake; the Beast with a Bill; a Boat and a Bull; 33. Excursion to the Farmhouse; 34. The Bird Snares; the Monkey War; and the New Pigeons; 35. The Dove-Cot
• 36. Jack's Misfortune the Onagra; the Fountain; 37. The Second Winter; our Studies; 38. End of the Rainy Season; the Whale; the Coral; 39. Dissection of the Whale; 40. The Rowing-Machine; Excursion to Prospect Hill; the Giant Turtle; 41. Anniversary of our Deliverance; 42. Domestic Affairs; the Palanquin; the Boa; 43. The Ass and the Serpent; 44. The Stuffed Boa; the Soap; the Crystal Grotto; 45. Excursion to the Farmhouse; the Cabiai; the Muskrat; 46. The Otaheitan Roast; 47. Excursion into the Savannah; the Ostriches and their Nest; the Little Land Turtle
• 48. Combat with Bears the Porcelain; The Condor; 49. Preparation of the Bear's Flesh; the Pepper; Excursion of the Boys into the Savannah; the Angora Rabbit; the Antelopes; 50. Capture of an Ostrich; the Euphorbia; the Vanilla; 51. Education of the Ostrich; the Hydromel; the New Hat; 52. The Ondatras; the Porcelain Cups; 53. The Kayak; 54. Return of the Boys; Harvesting; 55. Trial of the Kayak; 56. The Storm; the Drawbridge; 57. The Hyena; the Carrier Pigeon; 58. The Pigeon Letter-Post; the Black Swans; the Bird of Paradise; 59. The Redoubt; Different Discoveries; Jack's Fright

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ISBN

0-19-150572-2

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