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Heidi, is a novel about the events in the life of a young girl in her grandfather's care, in the Swiss Alps. The novel, written by Johanna Spyri (1827.-1901.), published in 1880, became a world-wide success story already towards the end of the 19th century. Children do still like it. In fact, it is considered one of the best-selling books ever written.
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Heidi is an orphaned girl initially raised by her aunt Dete in Maienfeld, Switzerland after the early deaths of her parents, Tobias and Adelheid (Dete's sister and brother-in-law). Dete brings 6-year-old Heidi to her paternal grandfather's house, up the mountain from D�rfli. He has been at odds with the villagers and embittered against God for years and lives in seclusion on the alm. This has earned him the nickname Uncle Alp. He briefly resents Heidi's arrival, but the girl's evident intelligence and cheerful yet unaffected demeanor soon earn his genuine, if reserved, affection. Heidi enthusiastically befriends her new neighbors, young Peter the goatherd, his mother, Bridgget, and his bli...
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