Heidi E-Book

Johanna Spyri

• Herausgeber: Augusto Baldassari
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

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" .Heidi is one of the best-selling books ever written and is among the best-known works of Swiss literature.[

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Johanna Spyri

Heidi

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Indice dei contenuti

Part I

I GOING UP TO THE ALM-UNCLE

II WITH THE GRANDFATHER

III ON THE PASTURE

IV IN THE GRANDMOTHER'S HUT

V TWO VISITORS

VI A NEW CHAPTER WITH NEW THINGS

VII MISS ROTTENMEIER HAS AN UNCOMFORTABLE DAY

VIII GREAT DISTURBANCES IN THE SESEMANN HOUSE

IX THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE HEARS OF STRANGE DOINGS

X A GRANDMAMA

XI HEIDI GAINS IN SOME RESPECTS AND LOSES IN OTHERS

XII THE SESEMANN HOUSE IS HAUNTED

XIII UP THE ALP ON A SUMMER EVENING

XIV ON SUNDAY WHEN THE CHURCH BELLS RING

Part II

XV PREPARATIONS FOR A JOURNEY

XVI A GUEST ON THE ALP

XVII RETALIATION

XVIII WINTER IN THE VILLAGE

XIX WINTER STILL CONTINUES

XX NEWS FROM DISTANT FRIENDS

XXI OF FURTHER EVENTS ON THE ALP

XXII SOMETHING UNEXPECTED HAPPENS

XXIII PARTING TO MEET AGAIN

The End

Part I

Heidi's Years of Learning and Travel

I GOING UP TO THE ALM-UNCLE

The little old town of Mayenfeld is charmingly situated. From it a footpath leads through green, well-wooded stretches to the foot of the heights which look down imposingly upon the valley. Where the footpath begins to go steeply and abruptly up the Alps, the heath, with its short grass and pungent herbage, at once sends out its soft perfume to meet the wayfarer.

One bright sunny morning in June, a tall, vigorous maiden of the mountain region climbed up the narrow path, leading a little girl by the hand. The youngster's cheeks were in such a glow that it showed even through her sun-browned skin. Small wonder though! for in spite of the heat, the little one, who was scarcely five years old, was bundled up as if she had to brave a bitter frost. Her shape was difficult to distinguish, for she wore two dresses, if not three, and around her shoulders a large red cotton shawl. With her feet encased in heavy hob-nailed boots, this hot and shapeless little person toiled up the mountain.

The pair had been climbing for about an hour when they reached a hamlet half-way up the great mountain named the Alm. This hamlet was called "Im Dörfli" or "The Little Village." It was the elder girl's home town, and therefore she was greeted from nearly every house; people called to her from windows and doors, and very often from the road. But, answering questions and calls as she went by, the girl did not loiter on her way and only stood still when she reached the end of the hamlet. There a few cottages lay scattered about, from the furthest of which a voice called out to her through an open door: "Deta, please wait one moment! I am coming with you, if you are going further up."

When the girl stood still to wait, the child instantly let go her hand and promptly sat down on the ground.

"Are you tired, Heidi?" Deta asked the child.

"No, but hot," she replied.

"We shall be up in an hour, if you take big steps and climb with all your little might!" Thus the elder girl tried to encourage her small companion.