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The Swiss Family Robinson (The World's Classics)
The Swiss Family Robinson - The World's Classics Author:Johann Wyss This children's story about the adventures of a Swiss family shipwrecked on an uninhabited island was inspired by Rousseau's theories of education. Many modern texts excise the more didactic digressions of the text. The World's Classics edition, however, presents the work in full, revealing the adult charm of the original work, with its quaint... more » microcosm of learning and its gentle satire of a father not unaware of his occasional pomposities.« less