by Johanna Spyri · Arena Verlag · tapa dura · ISBN 9783401046051
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«Heidi. Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre» is Johanna Spyri's children's novel, published by Arena Verlag in hardcover (222 pages, in German).
Little orphan Heidi is taken to the Swiss Alps to live with her grandfather, a hermit of gruff character. Against all expectations, the girl discovers the grandeur of nature and, with her joy and simplicity, gradually changes the lives of those around her, both in the mountains and during her stay in Frankfurt.
It is the first installment of the «Heidi» series, originally published in 1880; the edition includes illustrations by Hans G. Schellenberger.
Aimed at child and young readers and at those who wish to approach a classic of German literature in its original language.
Johanna Spyri was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories. She wrote the popular book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zürich, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.
