Heidi
Heidi

Heidi

Heidi - (Gift Edition)Unassuming in plot and style, "Heidi" may none the less lay claim to rank...
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Author: Spyri, Johanna,1827-1901
Format: eBook
Language: English
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Heidi

Heidi

$106.20 $53.07
Heidi

Heidi

$106.20 $53.07
Author: Spyri, Johanna,1827-1901
Format: eBook
Language: English
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Heidi - (Gift Edition)

Unassuming in plot and style, "Heidi" may none the less lay claim to rank as a world classic. In the first place, both background and characters ring true. The air of the Alps is wafted to us in every page; the house among the pines, the meadows, and the eagle poised above the naked rocks form a picture that no one could willingly forget. And the people, from the kindly towns-folk to the quaint and touching peasant types, are as real as any representation of human nature need be. Every goat even, has its personality. As for the little heroine, she is a blessing not only to everyone in the story, but to everyone who reads it. The narrative merits of the book are too apparent to call for comment. As to the author, Johanna Spyri, she has so entirely lost herself in her creation that we may pass over her career rather rapidly. She was born in Switzerland in 1829, came [6]of a literary family, and devoted all her talent to the writing of books for and about children. Since "Heidi" has been so often translated into English it may well be asked why there is any need for a new version. The answer lies partly in the conventional character of the previous translations. Now, if there is any quality in "Heidi" that gives it a particular charm, that quality is freshness, absolute spontaneity. To be sure, the story is so attractive that it could never be wholly spoiled; but has not the reader the right to enjoy it in English at least very nearly as much as he could in German? The two languages are so different in nature that anything like a literal rendering of one into the other is sure to result in awkwardness and indirectness. Such a book must be not translated, but re-lived and re-created. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 20781
Author: Spyri, Johanna
Release Date: Mar 9, 2007
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors


Illustrator: Kirk, Maria Louise, 1860-
Translator: Stork, Elisabeth P. (Elisabeth Pausinger)

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