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The Swiss Family Robinson (Hardcover, Reissue)
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The Swiss Family Robinson (Hardcover, Reissue)
Series: Everyman's Library CHILDREN'S CLASSICS
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List price R530
Loot Price R472
Discovery Miles 4 720
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A rereading of the original, beloved in childhood, reveals its
old-fashioned wordiness, so perhaps an abridgement is needed to
introduce it to today's 3rd to 5th graders. But in this abridgement
much of the fascination, the enchantment, of the original is wholly
lost. The illustrations, too, in stereotyped drawings and
sentimental color pictures do nothing to enhance the text. There
are better presentations of this story, which even today is a
classic in the field of tales of castaways. (Kirkus Reviews)
This classic story of a Swiss family - pastor, wife and four sons
-shipwreaked on an uninhabited island (most fortunately blessed
with an unlikely profusion of natural resources) was written by a
Swiss army chaplain for the entertainment of his own four sons. The
family adventures in survival; also provided a useful starting
point for lessons in natural history. First published in Zurich in
1812-13, the story was translated into French and English shortly
afterwards and has appeared in many versions ever since. When, in
1909, the American artist Louis John Rhead was invited to
illustrate the Robinson's adventures, he based his numerous
drawings on 'sketches made in the tropics. '
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