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Little orphan Heidi goes to live high in the Alps with her gruff grandfather and brings happiness to all who know her on the mountain. When Heidi goes to Frankfurt to work in a wealthy household, she dreams of returning to the mountains and meadows, her friend Peter, and her beloved grandfather.
352 pages, Paperback
First published January 1,1880
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352 pages, Paperback
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November 15, 2002 by Kingfisher
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9780753454947
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0753454947
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English
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About the author
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Johanna Spyri was a Swiss author of children's stories, best known for Heidi. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.
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¡Qué novela tan hermosa y pura! Y, con todo, no deja de trasmitir un gran realismo y bastantes verdades de las que hacía falta hablar en la época y ahora. No es PARA NADA un clásico desfasado porque seguimos necesitando que se reivindique una educación mejor y el amor a la naturaleza virgen. Heidi me recordó mucho a mi misma cuando era pequeña. Yo amaba de esa manera tan pura a los animales, como si fueran mis iguales. Heidi me hizo recordar algunas cosas que había olvidado de mi infancia y cumplió su función: hacer este calor veraniego mucho más leve.
Los personajes son muy parecidos a los de la serie. Tal vez incluso Pedro no es tan quejica ni irritante, sino más bondadoso y extrovertido. El abuelo es IGUAL que en la serie, pero me parece mucho más desarrollado. Me enamoré de cada una de sus sabias reflexiones y su retorno hacia la comunidad de Dorfli me emocionó. Porque ninguna persona se debería condenar a si misma al ostracismo social. Clara, la señorita Rottenmeier y las abuelitas también supieron capturarlas a la perfección la serie. Sin embargo, me sorprendió que uno de los personajes que más me gustó del libro sea uno que en realidad no tiene mucha presencia en la serie y es Sebastián, un criado de la casa del señor Sesemann.
Es un libro perfecto para leer entre lecturas densas y deja una sensación de esperanza en el corazón. ¿Esperanza en qué? En que un porcentaje de los seres humanos de este mundo algún día verá que las cosas importantes no son las materiales. Se puede vivir así. Amando. Sin ocultarlo.
Se puede.
Hay esperanza; siempre la habrá.
¡Qué novela tan hermosa y pura! Y, con todo, no deja de trasmitir un gran realismo y bastantes verdades de las que hacía falta hablar en la época y ahora. No es PARA NADA un clásico desfasado porque seguimos necesitando que se reivindique una educación mejor y el amor a la naturaleza virgen. Heidi me recordó mucho a mi misma cuando era pequeña. Yo amaba de esa manera tan pura a los animales, como si fueran mis iguales. Heidi me hizo recordar algunas cosas que había olvidado de mi infancia y cumplió su función: hacer este calor veraniego mucho más leve.
Los personajes son muy parecidos a los de la serie. Tal vez incluso Pedro no es tan quejica ni irritante, sino más bondadoso y extrovertido. El abuelo es IGUAL que en la serie, pero me parece mucho más desarrollado. Me enamoré de cada una de sus sabias reflexiones y su retorno hacia la comunidad de Dorfli me emocionó. Porque ninguna persona se debería condenar a si misma al ostracismo social. Clara, la señorita Rottenmeier y las abuelitas también supieron capturarlas a la perfección la serie. Sin embargo, me sorprendió que uno de los personajes que más me gustó del libro sea uno que en realidad no tiene mucha presencia en la serie y es Sebastián, un criado de la casa del señor Sesemann.
Es un libro perfecto para leer entre lecturas densas y deja una sensación de esperanza en el corazón. ¿Esperanza en qué? En que un porcentaje de los seres humanos de este mundo algún día verá que las cosas importantes no son las materiales. Se puede vivir así. Amando. Sin ocultarlo.
Se puede.
Hay esperanza; siempre la habrá.
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Why I chose to read this book:
I've been aware of this story since my childhood but have never gotten around to reading it until now, during my self-appointed "Classics Month"!
Positives:
1. the characters, especially Heidi, really make this story! I adored Heidi's all-round goodness! Without a mean bone in her body, her compassionate and generous nature warmed my heart. I couldn't help but be endeared to her immense joy and appreciation for the simple things in life, and I had to smile at all the times she would skip and jump for joy. Her homesickness in Frankfurt was so palatable as she struggled in silence, so I was moved to tears at her touching reunion with Grandfather.
Speaking of which, Grandfather/Alm-Uncle is portrayed as a gruff, old hermit, but he didn't fool me for one bit as his love for Heidi immediately shone through (although he did confuse me when he didn't want to send Heidi to school, yet he himself, was a proficient reader.) Even though Fraulein Rottenmeier (perfect name!) never did warm to Heidi, Peter's jealousy of those vying for the girl's attention was understandable but still likeable throughout;
2. the alpine setting of Heidi's home versus the dull streets of Frankfurt also played a huge part in this story. The descriptions of the fir trees, the green valley, the rosy sunsets, the cozy hayloft, the playful goats and the multicolored mountain flowers would all bring a sense of peace and calm over me;
3. many readers may appreciate the strong Christian values that author Johanna Spyri portrays in this story. Some parts reminded me of Garth Brooks's song "Unanswered Prayers"; and,
4. the black and white illustrations and colorful plates by Ted Rand added to the overall warmth of the story.
Whenever I see a child nowadays display polite manners and empathy towards strangers, it makes my jaw drop. Although some readers might think that Heidi's "saccharine-sweetness" might give them a cavity, I appreciated this sweet, little story with its overall message of love and kindness, something I think we all need a little more of these days.
I've been aware of this story since my childhood but have never gotten around to reading it until now, during my self-appointed "Classics Month"!
Positives:
1. the characters, especially Heidi, really make this story! I adored Heidi's all-round goodness! Without a mean bone in her body, her compassionate and generous nature warmed my heart. I couldn't help but be endeared to her immense joy and appreciation for the simple things in life, and I had to smile at all the times she would skip and jump for joy. Her homesickness in Frankfurt was so palatable as she struggled in silence, so I was moved to tears at her touching reunion with Grandfather.
Speaking of which, Grandfather/Alm-Uncle is portrayed as a gruff, old hermit, but he didn't fool me for one bit as his love for Heidi immediately shone through (although he did confuse me when he didn't want to send Heidi to school, yet he himself, was a proficient reader.) Even though Fraulein Rottenmeier (perfect name!) never did warm to Heidi, Peter's jealousy of those vying for the girl's attention was understandable but still likeable throughout;
2. the alpine setting of Heidi's home versus the dull streets of Frankfurt also played a huge part in this story. The descriptions of the fir trees, the green valley, the rosy sunsets, the cozy hayloft, the playful goats and the multicolored mountain flowers would all bring a sense of peace and calm over me;
3. many readers may appreciate the strong Christian values that author Johanna Spyri portrays in this story. Some parts reminded me of Garth Brooks's song "Unanswered Prayers"; and,
4. the black and white illustrations and colorful plates by Ted Rand added to the overall warmth of the story.
Whenever I see a child nowadays display polite manners and empathy towards strangers, it makes my jaw drop. Although some readers might think that Heidi's "saccharine-sweetness" might give them a cavity, I appreciated this sweet, little story with its overall message of love and kindness, something I think we all need a little more of these days.
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Orphaned Heidi is on her third home. Her parents are dead, her aunt has a better job in the city and so little Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the Swiss mountains and the surrounding village is reeling.
Heidi's grandfather has a bit of a reputation as an old curmudgeonly man, someone who most definitely isn't a people-person much less someone who would have the patience for a child.
And despite being taken aback, the grandfather quickly steps up to the plate and takes care of Heidi - and soon he cannot imagine life without her.
And Heidi feels the same - the happy nights, exploring with the goat herd and making friends with her neighbors...it is truly all that Heidi ever wanted.
But then Heidi's aunt comes back, and rips poor Heidi from her friends and family for a life in the city.
Will Heidi ever get back? Will Heidi even want to?
Every so often I get on this kick where ALL I want to read is 100+ year old children's stories and I'm SO glad I decided to pick this one up.
I loved, loved, loved reading this one and honestly, if I had to sum it up - this book is charming. Simply charming.
Heidi's perspective felt fresh and fun to watch. I adored her fascination with nature and her love for all things furry and feathered.
I also really admired her commitment to being the best person she could be - for a five-year-old, gosh-dang she was a brave little kid.
This book was a bit heavy on the religious themes but it was also rather interesting to read - to see how people felt and saw the world back in the day.
Overall - I would definitely recommend this lovely little book!
Heidi's grandfather has a bit of a reputation as an old curmudgeonly man, someone who most definitely isn't a people-person much less someone who would have the patience for a child.
And despite being taken aback, the grandfather quickly steps up to the plate and takes care of Heidi - and soon he cannot imagine life without her.
And Heidi feels the same - the happy nights, exploring with the goat herd and making friends with her neighbors...it is truly all that Heidi ever wanted.
But then Heidi's aunt comes back, and rips poor Heidi from her friends and family for a life in the city.
Will Heidi ever get back? Will Heidi even want to?
Every so often I get on this kick where ALL I want to read is 100+ year old children's stories and I'm SO glad I decided to pick this one up.
I loved, loved, loved reading this one and honestly, if I had to sum it up - this book is charming. Simply charming.
Heidi's perspective felt fresh and fun to watch. I adored her fascination with nature and her love for all things furry and feathered.
I also really admired her commitment to being the best person she could be - for a five-year-old, gosh-dang she was a brave little kid.
This book was a bit heavy on the religious themes but it was also rather interesting to read - to see how people felt and saw the world back in the day.
Overall - I would definitely recommend this lovely little book!
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I love,love,love this book!One of my childhood favourites. Despite the fact that I hate milk, reading this book always made me wish I could live on a farm and drink fresh milk every day. I also wanted to have a bed of hay in the loft, never thought of how itchy it might get!
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How fun to return to this classic children's story! Written at the end of the 1800's, it still holds all of its charm and truth.
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Originally published in 1880, in two parts - the first entitled Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre ("Heidi's Learning and Traveling Years"), and the second Heidi kann brauchen, was sie gelernt hat ("Heidi Uses What She Has Learned") - this Swiss children's classic, which I read and reread countless times as a young girl, chronicles the adventures of the orphaned Adelaide (colloquially known as Heidi), who is deposited at the age of five with her grandfather, the Alm Uncle, at his isolated hut in the high Swiss Alps; subsequently spends some (unhappy) time in the city of Frankfurt, in the home of the wealthy Herr Sesemann, and his invalid daughter, Clara; and has a profound effect upon all with whom she comes into contact, moving them, through her simple goodheartedness, and her ability to connect them all to one another, toward a better way of being.
Chosen as our June selection in the L.M. Montgomery Book-Club I moderate, where we occasionally like to read books we feel are "in the spirit" of Montgomery's work, Heidi is an interesting title, from a children's literature studies perspective. It has apparently been translated into English quite frequently, with thirteen distinct English versions (five British and eight American) being produced from 1882 through 1959. A thorough discussion of these thirteen versions (apparently not all of them were unabridged!), and how they have been used and reused, over the years, can be found in Susan Stan's fascinating article, Heidi in English: A Bibliographic Study, published in the New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship (Volume 16, Issue 1 - 2010). Also of interest are the recent revelations about possible German antecedents to Spyri's classic tale - a scholar named Peter Büttner, working on his doctorate at the University of Zurich, has apparently discovered a similar, but much shorter tale, entitled Adelaide, das Mädchen vom Alpengebirge ("Adelaide, the Girl from the Alpine Peaks"), published by German author Adam Van Kamp in 1830 - which seem to have stirred up something of a nationalist kerfuffle in some quarters.
Leaving aside these issues of translation - the 1932 Garden City Publishing Company edition that I read, this time around, does not credit any specific translator (although it does contain some lovely, if inaccurate illustrations by Maud and Miska Petersham, whose vibrantly colorful artwork I greatly admire) - and of possible authorial inspiration and/or sources (I'd love to get a hold of the text of Adelaide, das Mädchen vom Alpengebirge), Heidi is another of those classic tales that, despite its firm grounding in a rather overt 19th-century moralizing, still has great appeal for me. I don't hold with proselytizing - I consider it inherently unethical, as it happens - but somehow the honest faith of Grandmamma Sesemann, the simple trust of Heidi, and the combined power of both, to change Alm Uncle (and Clara, eventually) for the better, is quite moving. There are passages that are somewhat saccharine, yes - but never so much that I feel that the story is overwhelmed by them. And what a story it is! I always enter fully into Heidi's feelings, for the people in her life, and for her beloved Alpine meadows. I never finish this book without vowing that one day - one day soon! - I will finally visit Switzerland...
Chosen as our June selection in the L.M. Montgomery Book-Club I moderate, where we occasionally like to read books we feel are "in the spirit" of Montgomery's work, Heidi is an interesting title, from a children's literature studies perspective. It has apparently been translated into English quite frequently, with thirteen distinct English versions (five British and eight American) being produced from 1882 through 1959. A thorough discussion of these thirteen versions (apparently not all of them were unabridged!), and how they have been used and reused, over the years, can be found in Susan Stan's fascinating article, Heidi in English: A Bibliographic Study, published in the New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship (Volume 16, Issue 1 - 2010). Also of interest are the recent revelations about possible German antecedents to Spyri's classic tale - a scholar named Peter Büttner, working on his doctorate at the University of Zurich, has apparently discovered a similar, but much shorter tale, entitled Adelaide, das Mädchen vom Alpengebirge ("Adelaide, the Girl from the Alpine Peaks"), published by German author Adam Van Kamp in 1830 - which seem to have stirred up something of a nationalist kerfuffle in some quarters.
Leaving aside these issues of translation - the 1932 Garden City Publishing Company edition that I read, this time around, does not credit any specific translator (although it does contain some lovely, if inaccurate illustrations by Maud and Miska Petersham, whose vibrantly colorful artwork I greatly admire) - and of possible authorial inspiration and/or sources (I'd love to get a hold of the text of Adelaide, das Mädchen vom Alpengebirge), Heidi is another of those classic tales that, despite its firm grounding in a rather overt 19th-century moralizing, still has great appeal for me. I don't hold with proselytizing - I consider it inherently unethical, as it happens - but somehow the honest faith of Grandmamma Sesemann, the simple trust of Heidi, and the combined power of both, to change Alm Uncle (and Clara, eventually) for the better, is quite moving. There are passages that are somewhat saccharine, yes - but never so much that I feel that the story is overwhelmed by them. And what a story it is! I always enter fully into Heidi's feelings, for the people in her life, and for her beloved Alpine meadows. I never finish this book without vowing that one day - one day soon! - I will finally visit Switzerland...
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I loved this so much! This book truly feels like you're reading a hug. It's cozy and sweet, Heidi is a wonderful main character who finds the bright side of anything and she's kind to everyone. I'm not gonna lie, this book had me craving bread and cheese and meat and I needed a snack close at hand
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