Johanna Spyri

Broschiertes Buch

Heidi

Beschreibung

Heidi is an orphan girl, raised by her Aunt Dete and then sent to stay with her insolent grandfather in the countryside. Fascinated by the beauty of country-life, she starts enjoying her life in the mountains and befriends Peter, a goatherd. Her life takes a turn when suddenly her aunt arrives and takes her away to Frankfurt, where Heidi starts attending to Clara, a girl on a wheelchair. A series of adventures begin in Heidi's life as she ventures on her journey to refined happiness.

Autor

Johanna Louise Spyri, née Heusser (1827 - 1901) was a Swiss-born author of novels, notably children's stories and is best known for her book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels. In 1852, Johanna Heusser married Bernhard Spyri. Bernhard was a lawyer. Whilst living in the city of Zürich she began to write about life in the country. Her first story, A Note on Vrony's Grave, which deals with a woman's life of domestic violence, was published in 1880; the following year further stories for both adults and children appeared, among them the novel Heidi, which she wrote in four weeks. Heidi is the story of an orphan girl who lives with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps and is famous for its vivid portrayal of the landscape.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pharos Books
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 330g
• ISBN-13: 9789390697571
• ISBN-10: 9390697573
• Artikelnr.: 63261650