Heidi

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Publisher: Sterling Publishing
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 2006
Edition: Reprint

Description: 261 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: What happens when a little orphan girl is forced to live with her cold and frightening grandfather The heartwarming answer has engaged children for more than a century, both on the page and on the screen. Johanna Spyris beloved story offers youngsters an endearing and intelligent heroine, a cast of unique and memorable characters, and a fascinating portrait of a small Alpine village. About the Author Johanna Spyri was born in a country village in Switzerland in 1827. Her father was a doctor and she had five brothers and sisters. Later she moved to the capital Zurich to go to school and she eventually settled there with her husband Bernhard,who was a lawyer. Johanna began writing in 1871 and wrote many stories which quickly became very popular. Her husband and son both died tragically in 1884, but Johanna consoled herself with charity work and writing, as well as looking after her orphaned niece. She died in her Swiss village home in 1903. Heidi is Johanna Spyris best known and most popular novel - it has been translated from German into over fifty languages and over fifty million copies have been sold worldwide.

ISBN: 9781402726019