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Beschreibung
Heidi is Johanna Spyri's classic story of childhood, kindness, mountain life, and the healing power of home. Sent to live with her reclusive grandfather in the Swiss Alps, young Heidi finds freedom among the high pastures, goats, and mountain air. Her warmth gradually changes the lives around her, from the lonely old man who has withdrawn from the village to Peter the goatherd and his blind grandmother. When Heidi is taken away to Frankfurt as a companion to the invalid Clara, the contrast between city life and the alpine world she loves becomes a central part of the novel's emotional force.
First published in the early 1880s, Heidi remains one of the enduring works of classic children's literature. Its appeal rests on more than nostalgia: Spyri's novel joins a memorable child heroine, a vivid Swiss setting, themes of friendship and restoration, and a deep feeling for the moral and physical life of the mountains. For readers of children's classics, family fiction, homeschool literature, nineteenth-century fiction, and traditional stories of courage, compassion, and belonging, Heidi continues to hold its place as one of the great European classics for young readers.
Heidi is Johanna Spyri's classic story of childhood, kindness, mountain life, and the healing power of home. Sent to live with her reclusive grandfather in the Swiss Alps, young Heidi finds freedom among the high pastures, goats, and mountain air. Her warmth gradually changes the lives around her, from the lonely old man who has withdrawn from the village to Peter the goatherd and his blind grandmother. When Heidi is taken away to Frankfurt as a companion to the invalid Clara, the contrast between city life and the alpine world she loves becomes a central part of the novel's emotional force.
First published in the early 1880s, Heidi remains one of the enduring works of classic children's literature. Its appeal rests on more than nostalgia: Spyri's novel joins a memorable child heroine, a vivid Swiss setting, themes of friendship and restoration, and a deep feeling for the moral and physical life of the mountains. For readers of children's classics, family fiction, homeschool literature, nineteenth-century fiction, and traditional stories of courage, compassion, and belonging, Heidi continues to hold its place as one of the great European classics for young readers.
Über den Autor
Johanna Spyri was a Swiss author best remembered for Heidi, one of the most beloved works of nineteenth-century children's literature. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in Hirzel, Switzerland, in 1827, she drew on the landscapes, village life, religious feeling, and social contrasts of Switzerland in her fiction. Her writing often centres on children, family life, illness, poverty, moral growth, and the restorative power of nature. Heidi, first published in two parts in 1880 and 1881, became her most famous work and helped establish the Swiss Alps as one of the most memorable settings in classic children's [...]'s reputation rests largely on the enduring appeal of Heidi herself: a generous, lively, emotionally open child whose presence transforms those around her. The novel's combination of alpine setting, family feeling, friendship, homesickness, faith, and healing has kept it in print across many languages and editions. For readers of children's classics, European literature, homeschool reading, and nineteenth-century family stories, Spyri remains an important figure in the tradition of classic fiction for young readers.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Kinder & Jugend
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781604590357
ISBN-10: 1604590351
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Spyri, Johanna
Hersteller: Wilder Publications
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: Johanna Spyri
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.08.2007
Gewicht: 0,276 kg
Artikel-ID: 101953806