100,000+ Books, Games & Puzzles in-stock ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ

Overnight NZ-wide Delivery ๐Ÿš€ Thank you for supporting our 100% NZ-owned store โค๏ธ

The Swiss Family Robinson

By Johann David Wyss
Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics
0.0 (0 reviews)
Brief Description
One of the world's most popular books is now available in a glorious gift edition. Written originally as European societies became enthralled by the idea of travel and exploration, The Swiss Family Robinson has become a timeless classic, read by every generation since then. This stunning... Read More
Format: Hardback
$1999
OVERNIGHT NZ-WIDE DELIVERY

Found a better price? Request a price match

The Swiss Family Robinson is shipwrecked on a tropical island which they must endure with fortitude and common sense. The family consists of a pastor, his wife, four young sons, two dogs and together they must rely on their wits to adapt to the new world, one which encourages the whole family to learns and work together.

One of the World's most popular books in a glorious gift edition. Written originally as European societies became enthralled by the idea of travel and exploration, but became a timeless classic read by every generation since then.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

One of the world's most popular books is now available in a glorious gift edition. Written originally as European societies became enthralled by the idea of travel and exploration, The Swiss Family Robinson has become a timeless classic, read by every generation since then.

This stunning new edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers, and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a glossary of Victorian and literary terms produced for the modern reader.

The Swiss Family Robinson is one of the world's best-loved stories of survival and determination. The family is shipwrecked on a tropical island, which they must endure with fortitude and common sense. The family consists of a pastor, his wife, four young sons, and two dogs. Together, they must rely on their wits to adapt to this new world, which seems terrifying at first but becomes more forgiving as the family learns and works together.

Inspired by Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, this classic adventure remains as popular and powerful today as it was when first published in the early 1800s.

The Flame Tree Collectable Classics are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library.

Author: Johann David Wyss (28/05/1743 โ€“ 11/01/1818) was a Swiss author writing during the time of the French Revolution and Beethoven's great musical works. Inspired by Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, he wrote his most famous book to explore how a family would survive and develop on a deserted island.

Format: Hardback, Deluxe edition, foiled and embossed, with gilded edges.

Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics

View all
  • The Wind in The Willows
    A stunning new edition with deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers, and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader. Kenneth Grahame's treasured and perennially popular The Wind in the Willows follows the adventures of Mole, Rat, Toad, and Badger as they spend their time 'simply messing...
    By Kenneth Grahame
    Hardback
    $1999
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • The Pickwick Papers
    The FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers, and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a glossary of Victorian and literary terms produced for the modern reader. The Pickwick Papers, Dickens' first novel, began as a rompโ€”a series of amusing...
    By Charles Dickens
    Hardback
    $1999
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray
    A stunning new edition with deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers, and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader. The young, beautiful, and highly susceptible Dorian Gray is pulled into the hedonistic haze of London's high society, where he falls under the pernicious influence of Lord...
    By Oscar Wilde
    Hardback
    $1999
    Available
    Ships in 1 week
  • Great Expectations
    The FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers, and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader. Dickens's cast of characters, from the orphan Pip, Miss Haversham, and Estella to...
    By Charles Dickens
    Hardback
    $1999
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • Little Women
    A stunning new edition with deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader. The lives of four teenage sisters โ€” Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy โ€” unfold in this treasured classic. Living in Massachusetts, the March sisters are struggling through...
    By Louisa May Alcott
    Hardback
    $1999
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • Dracula
    New dark and stunning collectable edition of Dracula with a short story and a new introduction. When Jonathan Harker visits the remote Transylvanian castle of Count Dracula, little does he know that he will become a captive of the undead! Stalked by inhuman creatures, in a tale dripping with chilling tension that spins us across Europe, Harker and his friends...
    By Bram Stoker
    Hardback
    $4000
    Available
    Ships in 2-3 weeks
  • Around the World in Eighty Days
    Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers, and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader. Phileas Fogg accepts the challenge to travel the globe in...
    By Jules Verne
    Hardback
    $1999
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • Wuthering Heights
    The FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers, and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader. It isn't known when Emily Brontรซ began work on the imaginative and passionate...
    By Emily Brontรซ
    Hardback
    $1999
    Available
    Ships in 1 week
  • A Christmas Carol
    A stunning new edition with deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers, and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader. Two other tales are included: The Chimes and The Haunted Man. Ebenezer Scrooge hates everyone and everything. Especially children. Especially Christmas. He's greedy, wealthy, and cold-hearted, which...
    By Charles Dickens
    Hardback
    $1999
    Available
    Ships in 1 week
  • W.B. Yeats Selected Poetry
    A stunning new edition with deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers, and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader. The poetry of W.B. Yeats is among the most-loved literature of the twentieth century. At times dream-like, at others political, his verse has a rich sense of...
    By W.B. Yeats
    Hardback
    $1999
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • Treasure Island
    Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers, and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader. The very name of Robert Louis Stevenson is synonymous with...
    By Robert Louis Stevenson
    Hardback
    $1999
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
    Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers, and gilded edges. The original text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader. This classic epistolary novel is an intimate portrait of a...
    By Anne Brontรซ
    Hardback
    $1999
    In Stock
    Ships today

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781804177907

Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 26 March 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Flame Tree Publishing

Edition: New edition

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 93.0mm

Height: 150.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 448

Collections

2025 Best Sellers Best Sellers at Book Hero Classic Fiction Fiction General Fiction Historical Fiction In Stock Books In-Stock Fiction Books Johann David Wyss Literary Fiction New Release Fiction Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics

About the Author

Johann David Wyss 28/05/1743 - 11/01/1818) was a Swiss author writing at the time of the French Revolution, and Beethoven's great musical works. Inspired by Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, he wrote his most famous book to explore how a family would survive, and develop on a deserted island.

Also by Johann David Wyss

View all
  • The Swiss Family Robinson
    If you were stranded on a desert island, what would you do? Young readers can read and imagine in this unabridged paperback edition of The Swiss Family Robinson. After their ship crashes onto a deserted island, the Robinson family begins a castaway life of adventure, scientific exploration, and the primal instinct to survive. As the years pass, the family begins...
    By Johann David Wyss
    Paperback
    $2499
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Classic Startsยฎ: The Swiss Family Robinson
    Classic Startsยฎ: The Swiss Family Robinson
    A shipwreck; a deserted island; a family wondering if they can survive. Rich in suspense and surprises, The Swiss Family Robinson entices young readers to come along on a wonderful adventure, where each moment brings a new thrill. Featuring amazingly resourceful characters and a landscape bursting with exotic wildlife and plants, it's an irresistible tale of ingenuity.
    By Johann David Wyss
    Hardback
    $1999
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks

More from General Fiction

View all
  • The Wedding People
    'BEST READ OF THE YEAR SO FAR' THE TIMES 'BOOKS AS FUN AS THIS ONE ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN' GUARDIAN Phoebe Stone arrives at a grand beachside hotel in Rhode Island wearing her best dress and least comfortable shoes. Immediately she is mistaken for one of the wedding people โ€” but she's actually the only guest at the Cornwall...
    By Alison Espach
    Paperback
    $2399
    Elsewhere:
    $2799
    (3)
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • Throne of Glass Box Set (Paperback)
    Enter the realm. Unleash the darkness. Live the legend. Discover the worldwide phenomenon of the #1 New York Times-bestselling Throne of Glass series in this gorgeous 8-book box set! In a land without magic, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She has no love for the vicious king who rules from his throne of glass, but she has not...
    By Sarah J. Maas
    Set
    $12400
    Elsewhere:
    $15500
    (6)
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • The Goal
    Welcome to Briar U!Get ready for your newest obsession . . . Discover the addictive world of the Off-Campus series from The Queen of Hockey Romance, Elle Kennedy!Read The Goal now for the perfect forced proximity romance! She's good at achieving her goals . . . College senior Sabrina James has her whole future planned out: graduate from college, kick...
    By Elle Kennedy
    Paperback
    $2499
    Elsewhere:
    $2799
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • New Release
    Lizzy's Pick Lizzy's Pick
    Yesteryear
    A BOLD AND BITING SATIRE. WILL HAVE YOU GASPING TO THE FINAL PAGE โ€” Nita Prose WICKEDLY FUNNY, BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND FRIGHTENINGLY PERCEPTIVE โ€” Abigail Dean INVENTIVE, ADDICTIVE, A WILD RIDE โ€” Ashley Audrain SHOT THROUGH WITH HUMOUR AND LACED WITH DARKNESS โ€” Clare Mackintosh The Stepford Wives meets The Handmaid's Tale โ€” Hannah Deitch My name was Natalie Heller...
    By Caro Claire Burke
    Paperback
    $2999
    Elsewhere:
    $3699
    (2)
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • New Release
    The Ballad of Falling Dragons [Special Deluxe edition]
    The No.1 Sunday Times bestselling sensation When the Moon Hatched continues with the second book in The Moonfall Series, The Ballad of Falling Dragonsโ€ฆ Raeveโ€™s thirst for vengeance continues to burn, as does her love for Kaan Vaegor โ€“ a staunch beacon from a past sheโ€™s yet to face. With Rekkโ€™s blood still fresh on her hands, she learns the...
    By Sarah A. Parker
    Hardback
    $5999
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • The Score
    Welcome to Briar U! Get ready for your newest obsession... Discover the addictive world of the Off-Campus series from The Queen of Hockey Romance, Elle Kennedy! Read The Score now for the perfect friends with benefits romance! He knows how to score, on and off the ice... Allie Hayes is in crisis mode. With graduation looming, she still doesn't have...
    By Elle Kennedy
    Paperback
    $2499
    Elsewhere:
    $2799
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • Dylan's Pick Dylan's Pick
    Theo of Golden
    THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING PHENOMENON'For anything to be truly good, there must be love in it. Nothing is what it's supposed to be if love is not at the core.' One morning, a stranger arrives in the town of Golden. No one knows who he is or where he came fromโ€ฆHis name is Theo and he's arrived there by chance โ€“...
    By Allen Levi
    Paperback
    $2899
    Elsewhere:
    $3499
    (5)
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • The Mistake
    Welcome to Briar U! Get ready for your newest obsession . . . Discover the addictive world of the Off-Campus series from The Queen of Hockey Romance, Elle Kennedy! Read The Mistake now for the perfect second chance romance! He's a player in more ways than one . . . College junior John Logan can get any girl he wants....
    By Elle Kennedy
    Paperback
    $2499
    Elsewhere:
    $2799
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • Carl's Doomsday Scenario
    Join Carl and his ex-girlfriend's cat Princess Donut as they fight fantastical creatures and deadly mobs in the second book in the smash-hit Dungeon Crawler Carl series -now with bonus material exclusive to the print edition Now on the third floor, Carl and Donut have to fight harder than ever. They've already proven that a Coast Guard vet and once-and-forever...
    By Matt Dinniman
    Hardback
    $4699
    Elsewhere:
    $6000
    (1)
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • Project Hail Mary
    Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, the SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of The Martian, offers a gripping new adventure in hard science fiction. With endorsement from notable figures such as Barack Obama and a slew of five-star reviews, this novel promises a thrilling and intellectually stimulating journey. Ryland Grace, a lone astronaut, finds himself on a...
    By Andy Weir
    Paperback
    $2399
    Elsewhere:
    $2400
    (4)
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • New Release
    On Mystic Lake
    One of the greatest storytellers of our time - Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing Annie Colwater's only child has just left home for school in England. On that same day, her husband of twenty years confesses that he's in love with a younger woman. Left alone in the beautiful California house which was once a home, Annie...
    By Kristin Hannah
    Paperback
    $3100
    Elsewhere:
    $3800
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • The Legacy
    Welcome to Briar U! Get ready for your newest obsession . . . Discover the addictive world of the Off-Campus series from the Queen of Hockey Romance, Elle Kennedy! Read The Legacy now for the much-anticipated answer to the question: Where are they now? Four stories. Four couples. Three years of real life after graduation . . . A wedding....
    By Elle Kennedy
    Paperback
    $2499
    Elsewhere:
    $2799
    In Stock
    Ships today

Why buy from us?

Book Hero is not a chain store or big box retailer. We're an independent 100% NZ-owned business on a mission to help more Kiwis rediscover a love of books and reading!

Service & Delivery

Service & Delivery

Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 100,000 books, toys, board games and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.

Auckland Bookstore

Auckland Bookstore

We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.

Our Gifting Service

Our Gifting Service

Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.

General Fiction lists from the team

Explore our curated lists from our heroes to find your next read!

The Latest at Book Hero

View all