title: Heidi: A Little Golden Book
author: Johanna Spyri
description: 24 page Little Golden Book for children with firm cardboard covers.
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  # HEIDI
  
  
    
  
  
  #### BY
  
  
  ## JOHANNA SPYRI
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
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  ## INTRODUCTION
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  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,