Johann David Wyss
1743–1818
Biography
Johann David Wyss was a Swiss writer who lived from 1743 to 1818. Today his name is known almost entirely because of one book, The Swiss Family Robinson, which appeared in German in 1812 under the title Der schweizerische Robinson.
The novel follows a family cast ashore on an uninhabited island after a shipwreck. They make a home there, keep animals, grow food and learn the skills they need, and the telling is full of practical detail. Wyss is said to have written it as an instructive tale for his sons, and its faith in ingenuity and steady work reflects the outlook of its era. It has been translated into many languages and retold many times since.
The catalogue holds the English edition, The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island. That title signals the mix of danger and practical invention that has kept the book popular with young readers for more than two centuries.
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Books
The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
by Johann David Wyss
The Swiss Family Robinson is a novel by the Swiss author Johann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family of immigrants whose ship en route to Port Jackson, Australia goes off course and is shipwrecked in the East Indies. The ship's crew is lost, but the family…
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