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The Swiss Family Robinson

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  1. (1812–1827) A Swiss adventure novel by Johann Wyss. The title characters are shipwrecked and live for many years on a desert island.


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The Swiss Family Robinson managed, and they were mostly kids!

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2022

The original series - loosely based on The Swiss Family Robinson - aired in 1965 and was made into a 1998 film starring Friends' Matt LeBlanc.

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2015

Almost every time I had to stay home from school, I ended up re-reading The Swiss Family Robinson – which hypnotized me with all those descriptions of giant lobsters and snakes.

From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2010

When it was his turn to read novels out loud, he liked The Swiss Family Robinson and Robinson Crusoe, stories about people shipwrecked on islands and learning how to survive.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Would he realize right away that I was no longer hidden in his parents’ closet, using his queen of hearts to mark my place in The Swiss Family Robinson?

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

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