Heidi - Hardcover

Spyri, Johanna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1909621358 ISBN 13: 9781909621350

Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library, 2015

Synopsis

At the age of five, little orphan Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the Alps. Everyone in the village is afraid of him, but Heidi is fascinated by his long beard and bushy grey eyebrows. She loves her life in the mountains, playing in the sunshine and growing up amongst the goats and birds. But one terrible day, Heidi is collected by her aunt and is made to live with a new family in town. Heidi can't bear to be away from her grandfather; can she find a way back up the mountain, where she belongs?

Heidi was written by Johanna Spyri as a book "for children and those who love children". It is one of the best-selling books ever written and is among the best-known works of Swiss literature.

This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Heidi, is illustrated throughout with line drawings.

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About this title

Book Description:

Part of the stunning Macmillan Collector's Library

About the Author:

Johanna Spyri was born in a small village called Hirzel, southeast of Zurich, Switzerland, on June 12, 1827, as the daughter of a country doctor. She went to school and was tutored at home, then studied languages and piano in Zürich. In 1852 she married lawyer Bernhard Spyri (1821-1884) and they had a son, Bernard (1855-1884). In 1871 Spyri started to write stories to raise money for refugees from the Franco-Prussian war, and her first full length story, Heidi, was published in 1881. She wrote many other stories and though some were successful, none of them matched Heidi for popularity or longevity. She died in Zurich on July 7, 1901.

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1909621358
• ISBN 13: 9781909621350
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 372