The Castaways of the Flag
The second fatherland is a novel by the French writer Jules Verne. The novel was first published as the first part on 26 July 1900, as part two on 19 November 1900 in the publisher Pierre -Jules Hetzel under the French title seconde patrie. The first German -language edition was published in 1901 under the title The second fatherland. The English title of the novel is The Castaways of the Flag (also Second Fatherland ). The novel was published in English first in the two parts of Iceland Their Home and The Castaways of the Flag.
Action
In the novel, the shipwreck of the Zermatt family from Switzerland is first of Verne retold from the novel The Swiss Robinson by Johann David Wyss and their last years on their island. Meanwhile, the island community has grown around the shipwrecked Jenny and the British Wolston family that has come with a Corvette on the island. With this ship, the fiancée Jenny and Fritz left with Franz, who is the brother of Fritz the island. You are planning for about a year back. The reclamation of the island is progressing, with the practical engineering knowledge of Wolston proves to be very useful. The Return of the England visitors a ways off. The islanders are threatened by natives who are devious in their boats to the island of " New Switzerland ".
Jenny and Fritz married. With Francis and a few friends they have to travel to the island before back. Since the departure of the Corvette is delayed by a repair, choose the travelers with another ship to travel. Its crew mutinied, however, and the passengers are exposed to the captain and a few faithful in a small dinghy in the middle of the Indian Ocean. After several days of no wind the abandon land on the coast of an island between them seemingly inhospitable cliffs and treeless rock. The rock belt makes access to the rest of the island for the group impassable. The situation is worsening massively when their boat crashed during a storm on the shore. The castaways find, however, through caves way through the rock wall and make shortly find that they have landed in reality at the " unfriendly " part of the island " New Switzerland ". Full of joy, they make their way to the settlement. The settlement, however, is abandoned by the families Zermatt and Wolston since had to rescue on a barrier island this before a raid by the landed on the island natives. Both groups find each other. However, the natives attack the offshore island. All stakeholders are rescued by the crew of the sloop now arrived, which was in goods and the order to take the island " New Switzerland " for Britain in possession go. The new British colony is thriving and has not by a long time already over 2000 inhabitants.
Background
The novel was written by Verne as a continuation of the novel The Swiss Robinson by Johann David Wyss, a favorite book of his youth. In addition, Verne had from this book to the other Robinsonaden Uncle Robinson, an unfinished novel from the period 1869 to 1870 and inspired to write his novel The School of Robinsons from 1882.