Heidi

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• Publisher: The Floating Press
• Year: 2009
• eBook ISBN: 9781877527333

Heidi is a novel for children written in 1880 which remains one of the most well-known pieces of Swiss literature. A young girl is taken to live with her grandfather in a remote alpine village. He has been estranged from the village for years, but his granddaughter penetrates his crusty exterior and transforms his isolated life into one of joy. She also befriends the young goat-herd, Peter.

Table of contents

• Title
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter I Up the Mountain to Alm-Uncle
• Chapter II At Home with Grandfather
• Chapter III Out with the Goats
• Chapter IV The Visit to Grandmother
• Chapter V Two Visits and What Came of Them
• Chapter VI A New Chapter About New Things
• Chapter VII Fraulein Rottenmeier Spends an Uncomfortable Day
• Chapter VIII There is Great Commotion in the Large House
• Chapter IX Herr Sesemann Hears of Things Which Are New to Him
• Chapter X Another Grandmother
• Chapter XI Heidi Gains in One Way and Loses in Another
• Chapter XII A Ghost in the House
• Chapter XIII A Summer Evening on the Mountain
• Chapter XIV Sunday Bells
• Chapter XV Preparations for a Journey
• Chapter XVI A Visitor
• Chapter XVII A Compensation
• Chapter XVIII Winter in Dorfli
• Chapter XIX The Winter Continues
• Chapter XX News from Distant Friends
• Chapter XXI How Life Went on at Grandfather's
• Chapter XXII Something Unexpected Happens
• Chapter XXIII "Good-Bye Till We Meet Again"