Name: Heidi
SKU: 59178280
Price: 1072.00 TWD
Availability: InStock
Author: Johanna Spyri

Type

Physical Book

Author

Johanna Spyri

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

470

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x2.4 cm

Weight

0.62 kg.

ISBN13

9781515291732

Synopsis "Heidi"

Thank you for checking out this children's classic by Guga Books. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. On a clear sunny morning in June two figures might be seen climbing the narrow mountain path; one, a tall strong-looking girl, the other a child whom she was leading by the hand, and whose little checks were so aglow with heat that the crimson color could be seen even through the dark, sunburnt skin. And this was hardly to be wondered at, for in spite of the hot June sun the child was clothed as if to keep off the bitterest frost. She did not look more than five years old, if as much, but what her natural figure was like, it would have been hard to say, for she had apparently two, if not three dresses, one above the other, and over these a thick red woollen shawl wound round about her, so that the little body presented a shapeless appearance, as, with its small feet shod in thick, nailed mountain-shoes, it slowly and laboriously plodded its way up in the heat. The two must have left the valley a good hour's walk behind them, when they came to the hamlet known as Dorfli, which is situated half-way up the mountain. Here the wayfarers met with greetings from all sides, some calling to them from windows, some from open doors, others from outside, for the elder girl was now in her old home. She did not, however, pause in her walk to respond to her friends' welcoming cries and questions, but passed on without stopping for a moment until she reached the last of the scattered houses of the hamlet. Here a voice called to her from the door: 'Wait a moment, Dete; if you are going up higher, I will come with you.'

Johanna Spyri

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Swiss writer, Johanna Spyri is known worldwide for her children's story Heidi, a partially autobiographical work that has been adapted to film, television, or as an animated series

Heidi is considered one of the best-selling works in the history of literature, overshadowing the rest of the author's literary output, which amounted to more than twenty novels

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