Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Filled with descriptions of the magnificent Swiss Alps, the lives of the simple country folk who live in their picturesque peaks and valleys and the gentle and innocent days of...
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Filled with descriptions of the magnificent Swiss Alps, the lives
of the simple country folk who live in their picturesque peaks and
valleys and the gentle and innocent days of childhood, Heidi by
Johanna Spyri is a book that no child should miss reading. Since it
first came out, it has captured the hearts of children (and adults)
all over the world, been extensively filmed, televised and staged
and translated from the original German into more than 60
languages. Heidiland, a theme park, is one of the big attractions
in Zurich. Heidi The Girl from the Alps by Swiss children's author
Johanna Spyri was published in two parts in 1880. It tells of
Heidi, a little Swiss girl whose parents' sudden death leaves her
to be brought up by her aunt. Aunt Dete is a career-woman who
though she loves Heidi, does not have the time or resources to look
after a child in busy Frankfurt. She leaves Heidi with Heidi's
grandfather, who lives in the Swiss mountains. The lonely,
embittered old man lives like a hermit on the mountain-top and has
nothing to do with the people in the village below. Known to all as
“Alm-uncle” Heidi's grandfather is good-hearted but mistrustful of
the villagers. He refuses to send Heidi to school and allows her to
roam the pastures with a young goat herder, Peter. They become good
friends but events take a turn when Aunt Dete decides that Heidi
must stay in Frankfurt and learn to earn a living. She is employed
as a companion to a rich invalid child, Clara, and soon learns to
read and write along with the little girl. The city begins to take
its toll on the young Heidi and she becomes ill and depressed. How
Heidi returns to her beloved mountains, reforms her crotchety old
grandfather and helps Clara regain her health forms the rest of
this delightful story. This unassuming and easy to read book
remains fresh and unspoiled, still receiving an enthusiastic
response throughout the world. Generations of kids have enjoyed
reading about the naïve and spontaneous Heidi, the mischievous
Peter, the bitter and lonely Alm-uncle, the strict and
authoritarian housekeeper Fraulein Rottenmeier, the long-suffering
Clara and Clara's kind and gracious grandmother Frau Sesemann. This
sweet and charming story earned eternal fame for its shy, retiring
author who endured several personal tragedies and wrote many other
pleasing stories, but none so famous as Heidi, The Girl from the
Alps.
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