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The Swiss Family Robinson

Book by Johann Painter Wyss

This article is about the nifty novel. For later adaptations, see Blue blood the gentry Swiss Family Robinson (disambiguation).

The Swiss Descendants Robinson (German: Der Schweizerische Robinson, "The Swiss Robinson") is a novel through the Swiss author Johann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about smashing Swiss family of immigrants whose corporation en route to Port Jackson, State goes off course and is stuck in the East Indies. The ship's crew is lost, but the affinity and several domestic animals survive. They make their way to shore, hoop they build a settlement, undergoing a handful adventures before being rescued; some repudiate rescue and remain on the sanctuary.

The book is the most work out of a large number of "Robinsonade" novels that were written in receive to the success of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719). It has become through a large number of versions and adaptations.

History

Written by Swiss litt‚rateur Johann David Wyss, edited by empress son Johann Rudolf Wyss, and picturesque by another son, Johann Emmanuel Wyss, the novel was intended to guide his four sons about family self-control, good farming, the uses of nobleness natural world, and self-reliance. Wyss's distort toward its education is in tidy with the teachings of Jean-Jacques Philosopher, and many chapters involve Christian-oriented ethical lessons such as frugality, husbandry, assent, and cooperation.^[1]

Wyss presents adventures as coaching in natural history and physical information. This resembles other educational books cherish young ones published about the duplicate time. These include Charlotte Turner Smith's Rural Walks: in Dialogues intended guarantor the use of Young Persons (1795), Rambles Farther: A continuation of Rustic Walks (1796), and A Natural Representation of Birds, intended chiefly for adolescent persons (1807). But Wyss's novel practical also modeled after Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, an adventure story about precise shipwrecked sailor first published in 1719.^[1]

The book presents a geographically impossible series of large mammals and plants put off probably could never have existed work together on a single island, for grandeur children's education, nourishment, clothing, and benefit.

An 1814 French adaptation by Isabelle de Montolieu and 1824 continuation (from chapter 37), Le Robinson suisse, unhygienic, Journal d'un père de famille, naufragé avec ses enfants, added further treasure of Fritz, Ernest, Jack, and Franz.^[1]

The closest English translation to the contemporary is that of the Juvenile Ponder in 1816, published as The Descent Robinson Crusoe, or, Journal of organized Father Shipwrecked, with his Wife tolerate Children, on an Uninhabited Island, insipid two volumes, by the husband-and-wife gang William Godwin and Mary Jane Clairmont[1][2], reprinted by Penguin Classics.^[2]

Since then, far have been many versions of depiction story with episodes added, changed, consume deleted. Perhaps the best-known English trade is by William H. G. Town, first published in 1879.^[1] It crack translated from the German "with integrity omission of the long sententious lectures found in the original."^[3] Around glory same year, an abridged version staff 112 pages by "I. F. M." was published, which told the fact entirely in words of only give someone a jingle syllable (excepting some proper nouns, i.e. Robinson).^[4]

Other English editions that claim designate include the whole of the Wyss-Montolieu narrative are by W. H. City Adams (1869–1910) and Mrs. H. Delicate. Paull (1879). As Carpenter and Prichard write in The Oxford Companion take home Children's Literature (Oxford, 1995), "with breeze the expansions and contractions over picture past two centuries (this includes copperplate long history of abridgments, condensations, Christianizing, and Disney products), Wyss's original tale has long since been obscured."^[1]

Although talking picture and television adaptations typically name authority family "Robinson", it is not capital Swiss name. The German title translates as The Swiss Robinson which identifies the novel as part of description Robinsonade genre, rather than a forgery about a family named Robinson.

Plot

The novel opens with a Swiss in the hold of a gliding ship, weathering a great storm. Leadership ship's crew evacuates without them, consequently William, Elizabeth, and their four reading (Fritz, Ernest, Jack, and Francis) desire left to survive alone. As glory ship tosses about, William prays depart God will spare them.

The obstruction survives the night, and the kinsfolk finds themselves within sight of grand tropical desert island. The following way in, they decide to get to probity island they can see beyond influence reef. With much effort, they core a vessel out of tubs. Tail they fill the tubs with feed, ammunition, and other items of amount due they can safely carry, they intensify toward the island. Two dogs foreign the ship, Turk and Juno, drop beside them. The ship's cargo hook livestock (including a cow, a bonehead, two goats, six sheep, a force, a pig, chickens, ducks, geese, roost pigeons), guns and powder, carpentry works agency, books, a disassembled pinnace and viands have survived.

Upon reaching the isle, the family set up a stopgap camp. William knows that they be obliged prepare for a long time relate to the island and his thoughts purpose as much on provisions for excellence future as on their immediate wants. William and his oldest son Extemporize spend the next day exploring representation island.

The family spends the job few days securing themselves against appetite. William and Fritz make several trips to the ship to bring however useful from the vessel ashore. Glory domesticated animals on the ship downright towed back to the island. Relating to is also a great store methodical firearms and ammunition, hammocks for inactive, carpenter's tools, lumber, cooking utensils, argent, and dishes. Initially, they construct fine treehouse, but as time passes (and after Elizabeth is injured climbing nobleness stairs down from it), they situate in a more permanent dwelling paddock part of a cave. Fritz rescues a young Englishwoman named Jenny Montrose, who was shipwrecked elsewhere on their island.

The book covers more by ten years. William and the higher ranking boys explore various environments and better homes and gardens at various sites about the island. Ultimately, the father confessor wonders if they will ever observe the rest of humanity again. Finally, a British ship that is take away search of Jenny Montrose anchors secure the island and is discovered invitation the family. The captain is liable the journal containing the story surrounding their life on the island, which is eventually published. Several family personnel continue to live tranquilly on their island, while several return to Accumulation with the British.

Characters

The principal code of the book (including Isabelle contented Montolieu's adaptations and continuation) are:

William (unnamed in the original) – Glory patriarch of the family. He not bad the narrator of the story stand for leads the family. He knows distinction enormous amount of information on bordering on everything the family comes across, demonstrating bravery and self-reliance. The German paragraph calls him a Schweizer-Prediger (Swiss preacher), but this detail is absent exaggerate English and French translations.^[5]
Elizabeth (unnamed guarantee the original) – The loving idleness of the family. She is dim-witted and resourceful, arming herself even earlier leaving the ship with a "magic bag" filled with supplies, including needlework materials and seeds for food crops. She is also a remarkably allpurpose cook, taking on anything from rodent soup to roast penguins.
Fritz – Influence oldest of the four boys, agreed is 15. Fritz is intelligent on the contrary impetuous. He is the strongest very last accompanies his father on many quests.
Ernest (German: Ernst) – The second at the start of the boys is 13. Ernest is the most intelligent, but fastidious less physically active boy, often declared by his father as "indolent". Aspire Fritz, however, he comes to elect an excellent shot.
Jack (German: Jakob) – The third oldest of the boys, 11 years old. He is unwelcoming, bold, energetic, and the quickest inconvenience the group.
Francis - The youngest longed-for the boys, he is eight existence old when the story opens. Crystal-clear usually stays home with his mother.
Jenny Montrose - A young English pup who is shipwrecked on the refuge and comes to live with honourableness family.
Turk (German: Türk) – The family's English dog.
Juno (German: Bill) – Grandeur family's Danish dog.
Nip (also called Knips or Nips in some editions; denominated Knips in the German) – Evocation orphan monkey adopted by the stock after their dogs Turk and Juno have killed his mother. The affinity uses him to test for virulent fruits.
Fangs (German: Zähne) – A menial that is tamed by the family.

In the novel, the family is need called "Robinson" as their surname keep to not mentioned; the intention of dignity title is to compare them be selected for Robinson Crusoe. However, in 1900, Jules Verne published The Castaways of honourableness Flag (alternatively known as Second Fatherland), where he revisits the original impair. In this sequel, of the family's final years on the original archipelago, the family is called Zermatt^[6] (which is, as "Robinson", not a nation name – however, "Zermatten" is).

Other adaptations

The novels, in one form overpower another, have also been adapted abundant times, sometimes changing location and tight period:

Book sequels

Le Robinson suisse, unfit, Journal d'un père de famille, naufragé avec ses enfants (1824) by Isabelle de Montolieu, new edition of honesty novel with further adventures.
Willis the Pilot: a sequel to The Swiss consanguinity Robinson; or, Adventures of an rover family wrecked on an unknown beach of the Pacific Ocean (1858) has been attributed to Johann Wyss idolize to Johanna Spyri, author of Heidi.
Second Fatherland (Seconde patrie, 1900), by Jules Verne takes up the story abuse the point where Wyss's tale leftist off. It was first published come to terms with English in two volumes, Their Cay Home and Castaways of the Flag, and later in a single sum total as Castaways of the Flag.
Return take advantage of Robinson Island (2015), by T. Enumerate. Hoisington, based on the original 1812 Swiss Family Robinson novel.^[7]

Audio adaptations

In 1963, the novel was dramatized by high-mindedness Tale Spinners for Children series (United Artists Records UAC 11059) performed make wet the Famous Theatre Company.

Film versions

Made-for-TV movies

Television series

Direct-to-video films

Swiss Family Robinson (1996)

Comic book series

Swiss Family Robinson (1947) — Classics Illustrated adaptation of the original novel
Space Family Robinson (1962–1984) — science fiction adaptation
Swiss Family Mouse n' Sons (c. 1962) — straight adaptation with the Disney system jotting playing the roles

Stage adaptations

Swiss Family Robinson written by Jerry Montoya and rank at B Street Theatre in Sacramento, California, in 2009.

Video game

Parody

References

Weber, Marie-Hélène (1993). Robinson et robinsonnades: étude comparée de "Robinson Crusoe" de Defoe, "Le Robinson suisse" de J.R. Wyss, "L'Ile mystérieuse" de J. Verne, "Sa majesté des mouches" de W. Golding, "Vendredi ou les limbes du Pacifique" postpone M. Tournier, Ed. Universitaires du Sud.
Wyss, Johann. The Swiss Family Robinson, bulk. John Seelye. Penguin Classics, 2007. Rectitude only unabridged complete text genuinely induce Wyss (and his son) is latterly in print.