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Heidi
Chapters (23)
- Part I: Heidi’s Years of Learning and Travel: I: Going Up to the Alm-Uncle 0:00
- II: With the Grandfather 21:54
- III: On the Pasture 34:49
- IV: In the Grandmother’s Hut 53:23
- V: Two Visitors 1:10:23
- VI: A New Chapter with New Things 1:22:37
- VII: Miss Rottenmeier Has an Uncomfortable Day 1:32:06
- VIII: Great Disturbances in the Sesemann House 1:46:32
- IX: The Master of the House Hears of Strange Doings 1:57:23
- X: A Grandmama 2:03:57
- XI: Heidi Gains in Some Respects and Loses in Others 2:15:15
- XII: The Sesemann House Is Haunted 2:22:19
- XIII: Up the Alp on a Summer Evening 2:35:20
- XIV: On Sunday When the Church Bells Ring 2:54:55
- Part II: Heidi Makes Use of Her Experience: XV: Preparations for a Journey 3:09:53
- XVI: A Guest on the Alp 3:18:52
- XVII: Retaliation 3:30:27
- XVIII: Winter in the Village 3:40:37
- XIX: Winter Still Continues 3:55:18
- XX: News from Distant Friends 4:03:57
- XXI: Of Further Events on the Alp 4:21:34
- XXII: Something Unexpected Happens 4:30:11
- XXIII: Parting to Meet Again 4:47:32
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Looking after Heidi, a five year old orphan, has proved too much for her aunt Deta, so when the opportunity for a new position in Frankfurt comes up, Heidi is summarily deposited in the care of her grandfather. His hut high up in the Swiss alps lacks conventional comforts, but Heidi is nevertheless entranced by the meadows and fir trees, the friendly goats and local goatherd, the sweet-smelling hay that makes up her new bed, and the large chunks of toasted cheese the grandfather regularly doles out. This idyllic life is disrupted, though, when Deta decides to collect Heidi to serve as a companion for an invalid girl in Frankfurt.
Heidi, first published in two volumes, cemented Johanna Spyri’s reputation as a children’s novelist. Besides having been translated to many different languages, Heidi has been filmed, televised and produced for stage several times over. The Japanese translation led to additional fame as a well regarded and widely distributed animated series. Although Johanna Spyri only wrote this original Heidi story, her French translator continued the series posthumously for a further six books.
This Standard Ebooks edition is based on the Elisabeth P. Stork translation for both its fluid prose and its accuracy to the original source.