Swiss Family Robinson
by Luke Darley

1. Summary
1.1. The family is shipwrecked, on the island. Thankfully, they are very resourceful and smart about what to do. They have a tent and go exploring for more supplies.
1.2. Initially they construct a treehouse, but as time passes (and after Elizabeth is injured climbing the stairs down from it), they settle in a more permanent home in part of a cave.
1.3. They built stables for their animals, a canoe, and a loom for Mother. One day when Fritz was out fishing, he came across an albatross. And tied to the bird’s leg was a message asking someone to rescue an Englishwoman from the smoking rock. Fritz told only his father about the message and they agreed not to tell the rest of the family, as to not raise any hopes of returning to civilization. They find the girl and learn that she has been on the island for three years after her ship had also wrecked.
1.4. a few months later that after the family and Jenny had finished their day of work, they fired off their guns as a shout of triumph, that from somewhere on the island came three gunshots, as though in answer. Father and Fritz got inside their canoe and went the way the shots were heard and sure enough, there was a ship. Two days later, they went to the ship. Father and Mother had a long discussion about whether they wanted to go back to Switzerland. They decided that neither one of them thought it was God’s will for them to return but to stay on the island, New Switzerland, and that two of their sons should leave to Switzerland.
2. General Info
2.1. 1812
2.2. Adventure
2.3. Swiss
2.4. Island
3. Author
3.1. Johann Wyss
3.2. 1743-1812
3.3. Swiss
3.4. Swiss author best remembered for his early nineteenth-century novel The Swiss Family Robinson. The book, one of the most popular in history, was published in 1812. Before fame, his famous novel, originally published as Der Schweizerische Robinson, was translated into English in 1814.
4. Characters
4.1. William
4.2. His Family
4.3. The dangers of the island
5. Vocabulary
5.1. Section 1
5.1.1. Agouti
5.1.2. Rivulet
5.2. Section 2
5.2.1. Precipitous
5.2.2. Vehement
5.3. Section 3
5.3.1. fjord
5.3.2. damask
5.4. Section 4
5.4.1. phlegmatic
5.4.2. vociferous