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b'We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers.\\xa0Tonight, by listener request, we\\u2019ll read the opening to "The Swiss Family Robinson", a novel by Johann David Wyss, about a Swiss family shipwrecked in the East Indies en route to Australia.\\xa0To unlock full episodes, ad-free listening, and more, please go to\\xa0snoozecast.com/plus.\\n\\nWyss, a Swiss pastor, originally wrote this book to entertain and instruct his four sons. Years later, one of his sons, persuaded his father to allow him to complete and edit the unfinished manuscript. It was published in Zurich in 1812.\\xa0\\n\\n\\u2014 read by \'M\' \\u2014\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'