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The Swiss Family Robinson, Part 59 summary

Part 59 of 59 · 2 min to read the part

In Postscript Two Years Later, Ernest returns with his wife, Henrietta Bodmer, and the family celebrates their settled life while hoping for more marriages. The narrator describes the couple’s home and Ernest’s reduced interest in astronomy, then entrusts the journal’s conclusion to Captain Johnson for delivery to Europe.

What happens

  1. Ernest finds Captain Johnson and Lieutenant Bell preparing another South Seas voyage and travels with them to bring Henrietta Bodmer to the island.
  2. The narrator’s wife welcomes her first daughter-in-law and hopes Emily agrees to marry Fritz when her daughters marry.
  3. Mr. Willis supports the proposed match, and the family hopes he can conduct all three weddings.
  4. Ernest and Henrietta settle in the Grotto Ernestine, where his brothers provide a home and an observatory.
  5. The narrator gives Captain Johnson the journal’s conclusion and invites readers to visit the Happy Island.

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In this part

FritzErnestMr. WillisTheme: Home and belonging

What to notice

The narrator sends the completed account beyond the island, linking the family’s settled happiness with the journal’s close.

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