Heidi (Puffin Classics)
by Johanna Spyri
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Author: Johanna SpyriIllustrator: Cecil Leslie
Translator: Eileen Hall
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1995-03-01
ISBN: 0140366792
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Puffin
Book Reviews of Heidi (Puffin Classics)
Book Review: This book is absolutely beautiful!
Summary: 5 Stars
Since the first chapter, I have enjoyed every single one of young Heidi's adventures described on this treasured book. Since the day I started reading it, I could not put it down, definitely a lovely book to read outside in the fresh air, so you can enjoy what makes it so beautiful, the feeling of freshness and beauty that it awakes in you.
Little Heidi is a five-year-old girl who is sent to live with her grandfather, Uncle Alp, high, high in the European Alps after having been poorly taken care of by the careless Detie, sister to one of the girl's parents. Uncle Alp at first seems to not want the girl's company and eagerly awaits the day in which she'll be sent away again, but those feelings vanish for completely when he and Heidi begin spending more and more time together. Heidi has managed to quickly make new friends, beginning from Peter, the naughty young shepherd and his family, Bridget, his mother and Grannie, his old, blind grandmother. Each of them spend wonderful days in the mountains with Heidi's pleasant company. However, things in that part of the alps look dark the day Detie does return to take Heidi away to a family far away in a town named Frankfurt. Heidi is taken to the family of a lonely 12-year-old girl named Clara Sasemann, an invalid who longs for company as her own life is boring and unexciting. Heidi longs to go back to the alps and is promised to be able to go back, but staying there for a few weeks, Heidi befriends the kind girl Clara as long as some of the house servants and serves as a good challenge for the strict Miss Rottenmeier. Heidi's return to the mountains brings happiness to everyone but more happiness is to come when she receives the visits of her old friends.
This book, written by Johanna Spyri is a true masterpiece and can be enjoyed by both children and adults alike. It offers lots of fun-filled episodes as well as very lovable characters. What I found more thrilling was Mrs. Spyri's simple writing style which really helped me understand the story without feeling lost or with the need to re-read. The story is told beautifully and it lets you feel the viewpoints of each of the characters. I would recommend this book to anyone, young and old.
Summary of Heidi (Puffin Classics)
Five-year-old Heidi goes to live with her grandfather in his lonely hut high in the Alps. She quickly learns to love her new life with him. But her strict aunt decides that Heidi must be sent away again, to live in town. Heidi cannot bear being away from the mountains and is determined to return to the happiness of life with her grandfather.Johanna Spyri's classic story of a young orphan sent to live with her grumpy grandfather in the Swiss Alps is retold in it's entirety in this beautifully bound hardcover edition. Heidi has charmed and intrigued readers since it's original publication in 1880. Much more than a children's story, the narrative is also a lesson on the precarious nature of freedom, a luxury too often taken for granted. Heidi almost loses her liberty as she is ripped away from the tranquility of the mountains to tend to a sick cousin in the city. Happily, all's well that ends well, and the reader is left with only warm, fuzzy thoughts. Spryi's story will never grow wearisome--and this is a very appealing edition. --Naomi Gesinger
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