Heidi: Om Illustrated Classics

Johanna Spyri‏

ديسمبر 2018 · Om Books International

معلومات عن هذا الكتاب الإلكتروني

Little orphan Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the SwissAlps by her Aunt Detie. She soon begins to enjoy her life with hergrandfather and falls in love with nature.Heidi never stops being in awe of the sights and the soundsof the Swiss Alps. Very soon she is taken away to Frankfurtby her aunt, to be a companion to a rich, lonely girl Clara andforges a deep friendship with her. While staying there, she facesmany challenges and deals with them in her innocent andchild-like way.

نبذة عن المؤلف

Johanna Spyri was born in the village of Hirzel, Switzerland on June 12, 1827. She was tutored at home and attended school both at home and in Zurich. She married Bernhard Spyri, a lawyer, in 1852 and moved to Zurich. She wrote her first story, A Leaf on Vrony's Grave, in 1871. She wrote numerous stories for both children and adults, but her most famous work was Heidi, which was published in 1880. Both her husband and son died in 1884. She spent her remaining years writing, raising her niece, and doing charity work. She died on July 7, 1901.