The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss; Unabridged MP3 Audio Book; Narrator Frederick Davidson

Swept off course by a raging storm, a Swiss pastor, his wife, and their four young sons are shipwrecked on an uncharted tropical island. Thus begins this classic story of survival and adventure that has fired the imaginations of readers since it first appeared in 1812.

As they struggle to survive in the wilderness, the Swiss family Robinson discover their own amazing ingenuity and courage. Although they have lost almost everything in the shipwreck, they are so resourceful at constructing a life for themselves on the island that, when rescue finally comes, they decline to leave their refuge and their happy life.

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Johann David Wyss (1743-1818) was a clergyman in Berne, Switzerland. He spoke four languages, loved nature, and was closely involved in the raising of his four boys. To teach them moral lessons and to entertain them, he wrote and read to them The Swiss Family Robinson. His son Johann Emmanuel illustrated it, and years later, another son, Johann Rudolf, edited and had the manuscript published.