Johanna Spyri

Broschiertes Buch

Heidi

Beschreibung

?She is not fashioned for a life among strangers.? Johanna Spyri?s Heidi paints the events in the life of an orphan girl, Heidi, who is raised by her Aunt Dete and then left to stay with her rude grandfather. Mesmerized with the beauty of country life, she loves the life on the mountains and befriends Peter, a goatherd. Suddenly, her aunt arrives and takes her away to Frankfurt where she meets Clara and thus, starts a series of mysteries in Heidi?s life! With an interesting narration of incidents, the book is filled with illusions and mystery and twists around a whirlwind of events whereHeidi ventures on an untrodden road of adventures and marks her journey to spiritual happiness, making it an interesting read for everyone!

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: MAPLE PRESS PVT LTD
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9789380816784
• ISBN-10: 9380816782
• Artikelnr.: 64543450