Swiss Family Robinson in Words of One Syllable


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(3.8 stars; 6 reviews)

All the excitement, danger, heartbreaks and triumphs of this well known story, but without the big words. Lucy Aikin, an accomplished writer and writing as Mary Godolphin, accomplishes this with apparent ease in this little book. The story of a plucky family ship wrecked on a desolate island, saving what they can from the ship, is well known. The entire family, under the leadership of an intrepid father and mother works together to not only survive in this island, but actually prosper. This work would seem an excellent one for non-English native readers to try their skill at. (Summary by Phil Chenevert ) (2 hr 13 min)

Chapitres

01 - CHAPTER I. 6:33 Lu par Gregory Eccles
02 - CHAPTER II 6:32 Lu par Gregory Eccles
03 - CHAPTER III 4:23 Lu par Sarah LuAnn
04 - CHAPTER IV 5:23 Lu par Gregory Eccles
05 - CHAPTER V 5:02 Lu par Gregory Eccles
06 - CHAPTER VI 4:36 Lu par April Gonzales
07 - CHAPTER VII 6:23 Lu par April Gonzales
08 - CHAPTER VIII 7:00 Lu par Bill Mosley
09 - CHAPTER IX 10:34 Lu par Gregory Eccles
10 - CHAPTER X 8:10 Lu par Gregory Eccles
11 - CHAPTER XI 7:22 Lu par Gregory Eccles
12 - CHAPTER XII 16:13 Lu par Marty
13 - CHAPTER XIII 14:32 Lu par Marty
14 - CHAPTER XIV 18:08 Lu par Donna Winters
15 - CHAPTER XV 12:15 Lu par Gregory Eccles

Critiques

changes the meaning


(1 stars)

I appreciate the writer trying to make the book easier to read, but the job is not well done. in the original work the father explains that the two dogs found by his son were bad news since they were but two more mouths to fill, this version says 'I am afraid the dogs will do us more harm than good', giving the reader no clue as to why they would do them harm.