Heidi (1880) (edit title/settings)

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• Heidi: is a 5 year old girl and the main character. She loves the mountains and her grandfather.
• Grandfather: Crusty, bitter old man, Heidi's Grandfather, who learns to be kinder and not so gruff.
• Klara: Heidi's city friend, a sweet, crippled girl.
• Peter: The goat boy who befriends Heidi and is prone to jealousy.
• Grandmother: Peter's grandmother who is too weak to rise from bed, and who Heidi loves dearly.
• Grandmamma: Klara's grandmother, and Heidi's adopted grandmother.
• Aunt Dete: Lives in Frankfurt, initially raised Heidi.
• Bridget: Peter's mother.
• The Doctor: Doctor who comes to help Klara, and later Heidi.
• Frau Rottenmeier: Klara'a governess. Very strict, frequently (without success) attempts to 'civilize' Hiedi
• Sebastian: Butler.

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• “So she went merrily up the Alm. The sky was a deep blue, and the sun shone on the green mountain. Everywhere there were flowers: delicate primroses and great patches of blue gentians and golden rock-roses nodding in the sunshine. Heidi was so charmed she almost forgot Peter and the goats. She ran far ahead and then off to one side, for the ground shone red here and yellow there and enticed her in every direction. Wherever she went she plucked quantities of the flowers and put them in her apron...Peter had a hard time keeping her in sight, and the goats were as bad as Heidi. They ran hither and thither..."Where have you gone now, Heidi?" he called almost angrily."Here," sounded from some indefinite place. Peter could see no one, for Heidi was sitting on the ground behind a knoll, which was thickly covered with fragrant wild flowers. The whole air around was filled with the sweet odor, and Heidi had never breathed anything so exquisite before.”

  Narrator, Peter, Heidi

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Maienfeld
• Frankfurt
• Switzerland
• Paris

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• Alps: The Alps are the high, snow-capped mountains where Heidi's grandfather lives and where she goes to live.

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Preceded by Welcome to Dead House, and followed by Women in Love .

Preceded by Around the World in Eighty Days, and followed by The Fifth Form at Saint Dominics.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Johanna Spyri (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Teresa Gallagher
2. Jenny Thorne
3. Lisa R. Church
4. L. Spencer Humphrey
5. Anne De Graaf
6. Lesley Young
7. Deidre S. Laiken
8. Sally Grindley
9. Loretta Krupinski
10. Marc D. Falkoff
11. Susan Saunders
12. Bob Blaisdell
13. Lucy Coats

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• BBC's Big Read (2003, #189)

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• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Classics by Age
• Books › Children's Books › Ages 9-12

Movie Connections edit see section history

• Heidi (IMDb): 1937
• Heidi (IMDb): 1993
• Heidi (IMDb): 1968
• Arupusu no shôjo Haiji (IMDb): 1974
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