First published in 1812, <b>The Swiss Family Robinson</b> is a classic adventure novel by Swiss author Johann David Wyss about a Swiss family shipwrecked in the East Indies en route to Port Jackson, Australia.<br> <br> The Swiss Family Robinson was first published in 1812 and translated into English two years later. It has since become one of the most popular books of all time.<br> <br> This translated edition was originally published in 1891. Jules Verne, a notable French novelist, declared that The Swiss Family Robinson was one of his favorite books. He liked it so much that he decided to write a sequel entitled The Castaways of the Flag, published in 1900, many years after Wyss's death.