In 1881 the second book came out, “Heidi kann brauchen was es gelernt hat”.
The same publishers then brought out “Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre” in 1879, which was a great and instant success and enabled the author to spend her twilight years in comfort. The cover also had the note “A story for children and those who love children” for the first time, which is included on nearly all of Spyri’s subsequent works. The author was stated not as Johanna Spyri, but “The author of ‘Ein Blatt auf Vrony’s Grab'”. Spyri’s first children’s book, entitled “Heimathlos”, contained the stories “Am Silser- und am Gardasee” and “Wie Wiseli’s Weg gefunden wird” and was published by F. So in this respect, Spyri was definitely a pioneer – at a time that is also considered the hour of birth of emancipation. This kind of social realism was new at this time, especially in the field of children’s literature. She was particularly concerned with the fate of children who had lost their parents. In her literature, Spyri describes with great accuracy and sympathy the poverty of the people at a time when industrialisation was just beginning and people’s lives were dominated by many changes. Many of her books and texts take a realistic look at Switzerland and the living conditions of the people there that do not gloss over things. She died of cancer on 7 July 1901 at the age of 74.Īlthough Johanna Spyri is virtually exclusively associated with Heidi, she wrote 31 books, 27 volumes of stories and four brochures in the 30 years from 1871 – when her first story, “Ein Blatt auf Vrony’s Grab”, was published – until the time of her death. After the death of her son, Johanna Spyri dedicated herself completely to writing and charity work. Her first and only son Bernhard was born in 1855 but died of tuberculosis in 1884. In 1852 she married Johann Bernhard Spyri, a lawyer and later town clerk of Zurich. These locations were to become the settings for her novel, “Heidi”. She spent several summers in Maienfeld, in the canton of Grisons.
Books already meant everything to her in her youth she discovered Goethe, amongst others, and moved away from the pious world that her mother had communicated to her. Spyri went on to study Modern Languages and Piano in Zürich. Johanna Louise Heusser’s father was a doctor, her mother a priest’s daughter. Johanna Spyri’s classic story of a Swiss orphan who is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.Swiss author Johanna Spyri was born in Hirzel, in the canton of Zurich, on 12 June 1827. Heidi Gains in Some Respects and Loses in Others The Master of the House Hears of Strange Doings Miss Rottenmeier Has an Uncomfortable Day #46409 (Illustrations in B & W and color) Project Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook:
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