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Loading... The Swiss Family Robinson (original 1812; edition 1929)by David Wyss, Illustrated by Godwin, Frank
Work InformationThe Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss (Author) (1812)
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illustrated classic By page 74 it was still just a laundry list of each day's discovery of new items from the island, or items recovered from the wrecked ship. No plot, no adventure. This may have passed my standards for a good read (probably not), but the thing that made me press the delete button on the Kindle with particular fury was the way in which Father Robinson was so damn knowledgable about every aspect of "savage" lifestyles and survival tactics. I mean, what middle-class clergyman from the Alps knows the exact proper way to halve a tropical gourd? Is it likely that this late-18th century minister from a mountain climate knows that a particular tree from a tropical climate can be used for making sewing thread, and also exactly how to make a navigable boat out of 8 barrels and a bunch of wrecked plywood? It strained the very limits of my suspended disbelief to the snapping point, and snap they did. Delete from Kindle. no reviews | add a review
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Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)833.6Literature German literature and literatures of related languages German fiction 1750-1832 : 18th century, classical period, romantic periodLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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