Heidi (Illustrated Edition)

by Johanna Spyri

Overview

Heidi is a work of children's fiction first published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as Heidi: her years of wandering and learning and Heidi: How she used what she learned. It is a novel about the events in the life of a young girl in her grandfather's care in the Swiss Alps. It was written as a book "for children and those who love children" (as quoted from its subtitle).

Heidi is one of the best-selling books ever written and is among the best-known works of Swiss literature.

This edition of the book contains four original illustrations, rejuvenated, and six additional illustrations that are unique to this edition of the book.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940159030177
Publisher:	New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1915
Publication date:	03/25/2018
Series:	Classic Books for Children , #143
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	660 KB
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Johanna Louise Spyri 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. In 1881, she wrote stories for both adults and children, 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.

Her husband and her only child, named Bernhard, both died in 1884. Alone, she devoted herself to charitable causes and wrote over fifty more stories before her death in 1901.