Johannaspyri Stories

Written by Johanna Spyri in 1921.

Written by Johanna Spyri in 1920.

Written by Johanna Spyri in 1884.

***All Credits To Johanna Spyri*** Orphaned Heidi lives an idyllic life with her gruff grandfather in the Swiss mountains, with Peter and his many goats. But her aunt arrives to take her to Frankfurt to be a companion for a companion for Clara, and she's desperately unhappy being away from her simple country life. She does adapt, but not before having many adventures and teaching the city people a few things about innocence, love and generosity. Apparently, all the evils in the world can be cured with fresh air, kindness and goat's cheese. Rated 3.9 stars by Good reads Rated 4.5 stars by Amazon Translated from German by Mabel Abbott. Note: 'Heidi' is short for Adelheid (nobility) in the original (German) version. In this one (English), 'Adelheid' is translated with the rest to 'Adelaide'.

Written by Johanna Spyri in 1889/1880. Heidi is a beloved book for children and has since been read and enjoyed for more than a century.

the full story of Heidi

Heidi is a work of children's fiction 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.

"Heidi" is a delightful story for children of life in the Alps, one of many tales written by the Swiss authoress, Johanna Spyri, who died in her home at Zurich in 1891. She had been well known to the younger readers of her own country since 1880, when she published her story, Heimathlos, which ran into three or more editions, and which, like her other books, as she states on the title page, was written for those who love children, as well as for the youngsters themselves. Her own sympathy with the instincts and longings of the child's heart is shown in her picture of Heidi. The record of the early life of this Swiss child amid the beauties of her passionately loved mountain-home and during her exile in the great town has been for many years a favorite book of younger readers in Germany and America. Madame Spyri, like Hans Andersen, had by temperament a peculiar skill in writing the simple histories of an innocent world. In all her stories she shows an underlying desire to preserve children alike from misunderstanding and the mistaken kindness that frequently hinder the happiness and natural development of their lives and characters. The authoress, as we feel in reading her tales, lived among the scenes and people she describes, and the setting of her stories has the charm of the mountain scenery amid which she places her small actors.