Heartbroken by the loss of her Alpine life, she must do everything she can to return to her grandfather. Johanna Spyri lived amidst the scenes she so gracefully described.
She adores her life in the mountains, playing in the sunshine and growing up among the goats and birds, but one terrible day Heidi is collected by her aunt and forced to live with a new family in town. Everyone in the village is afraid of him, but Heidi – fascinated by his long beard and bushy grey eyebrows – takes to him immediately and soon earns his love in return. When Heidi, a cheerful 5-year-old orphan, comes to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps, she brings a bright ray of sunshine. This edition of Heidi is translated by Marian Edwardes and features charming line-drawn illustrations, and an afterword by editor Marcus Clapham.Īt the age of six, little orphan Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the Alps. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.Written as a book 'for children and those who love children', Johanna Spyri’s affectionate account of Swiss mountain life is one of the bestselling books ever written, and a joyous portrait of the innocence of childhood.ĭesigned to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much-loved classic titles. Johanna Spyri Heidi Hardcover Illustrated, Octoby Johanna Spyri (Author), Scott McKowen (Illustrator), Arthur Pober (Afterword) 9,308 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 0.00 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 9.39 89 Used from 2.25 25 New from 4.93 4 Collectible from 9. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. Heidi is a work of fiction written in 1880 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as Heidis years of learning and travel (German: Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre) and Heidi makes use of what she has learned. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. 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. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Plus, receive recommendations and exclusive offers on all of your favorite books and authors from Simon & Schuster. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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