A review by remarkieable
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

1.0

Weird Christian colonist dreamscape of magical land of wonderful creatures (penguins, flamingos, monkeys, eagles, buffalo) and foodstuffs (coconuts, sugarcane, oysters, crabs) with no pesky humans to interrupt the colonizers’ agenda. And this version was abridged! Also the ending was so abrupt as to be completely surprising to our family. “The winter weather was dismal. The end.” What?

I don’t think there’s much here for modern audiences who maybe (hopefully) are less interested in bending nature to their will.