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Quotation from The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

“For many days we had been tempest-tossed. Six times had the darkness closed over a wild and terrific scene”

Johann David Wyss (spoken by The father)

The Swiss Family Robinson, Chapter I, trans. W. H. G. Kingston (1879)

Portrait of Johann David Wyss

The opening sentence places the family at the end of a week-long storm, just before the crew deserts them.

Citation: "For many days we had been tempest-tossed. Six times had the darkness closed over a wild and terrific scene" — Johann David Wyss, The Swiss Family Robinson, Chapter I, trans. W. H. G. Kingston (1879). (id the-swiss-family-robinson-q1)

Portrait: The Family Robinson Crusoe, 1816, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain.

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