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HEIDI (UNABRIDGED CLASSICS)
Publisher:
Om Books International
| Author:
Johanna Spyri
| Language:
English
| Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
Om Books International
Author:
Johanna Spyri
Language:
English
Format:
Paperback
₹175 ₹174
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Weight | 200 g |
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ISBN:
Category: Classic Fiction
Page Extent:
272
Let’s enjoy the beautiful
things we can see, my dear, and not think about those we cannot. A book “for
children and those who love children”, Heidi (1881) is a story of an orphan
girl who is sent to live with her grumpy grandfather in the Swiss Alps. The
embittered grandfather who lives in seclusion, is known as ‘Uncle Alp’, and
deeply resents Heidi’s arrival. But soon, he grows fond of her. Lost in the
idyllic world of snow-covered mountains, Heidi befriends Peter, the goatherd,
his mother, Bridget, and his blind maternal grandmother. While all seems well
in Heidi’s wonderland, she is soon compelled to leave the comforts of the
hills and go to Frankfurt to live with a differently-abled girl named Clara.
Overcoming the initial difficulties, Heidi and Clara become friends. Amidst
the grey streets of a new city, Heidi struggles to overcome her homesickness.
If only she could return to the mountains. Will she ever meet her grandfather
again? Written well over a century ago, Johanna Spyri’s evergreen tale of a
young girl’s coming of age, of her bravery and compassion, remains a classic.
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Let’s enjoy the beautiful
things we can see, my dear, and not think about those we cannot. A book “for
children and those who love children”, Heidi (1881) is a story of an orphan
girl who is sent to live with her grumpy grandfather in the Swiss Alps. The
embittered grandfather who lives in seclusion, is known as ‘Uncle Alp’, and
deeply resents Heidi’s arrival. But soon, he grows fond of her. Lost in the
idyllic world of snow-covered mountains, Heidi befriends Peter, the goatherd,
his mother, Bridget, and his blind maternal grandmother. While all seems well
in Heidi’s wonderland, she is soon compelled to leave the comforts of the
hills and go to Frankfurt to live with a differently-abled girl named Clara.
Overcoming the initial difficulties, Heidi and Clara become friends. Amidst
the grey streets of a new city, Heidi struggles to overcome her homesickness.
If only she could return to the mountains. Will she ever meet her grandfather
again? Written well over a century ago, Johanna Spyri’s evergreen tale of a
young girl’s coming of age, of her bravery and compassion, remains a classic.
About Author
Born
on 12 June 1827, Johanna Heusser was raised in Hirzel, a small village in
Zurich, Switzerland. Her mother Meta Heusser-Schweizer wrote religious poetry
and hymns, and agreed to have her works published on the condition that her
identity wouldn’t be disclosed. In 1875, a selection of Alpine Lyrics by her
was translated into English.
At 16, Johanna was sent to a residential school in Yverdon, western
Switzerland. Later, she studied Modern Languages and Piano in Zurich.
In 1852, Johanna married a lawyer and journalist named Johann Bernhard
Spyri. Her husband being a workaholic, their marriage suffered and gradually,
Johanna sunk into depression. In 1884, tragedy struck when she lost her son,
Bernhard—who was only 28—and her husband.
Encouraged by a family friend, Johanna began to write to overcome
depression and published her first story ‘Ein Blatt auf Vronys Grab’ (A Leaf
From Vrony’s Grave) in 1871. The success of her very first story fuelled her
passion for writing, that she pursued diligently. Between 1871 and 191,
Johanna published 27 books and several volumes of stories for children and
adults.
As a writer, she was concerned about the upbringing of children in
19th-century Europe. Instead of treating them as ‘imperfect’ adults, she
wanted to present a child’s world as very different from an adult’s.
Heidi (1881), a novel that she wrote in four weeks, reflects the writer’s
psychological insight into a child’s mind. A world classic, which has sold
more than 5 million copies worldwide, Heidi has been translated from German
into 5 languages. Johanna Spyri died in Zurich on 7 July 191.
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