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Heidi by Johanna Spyri (1827 - 1901)Author: LibriVox
Hear Heidi if youve ever longed to see the Swiss mountain slopes. This story transports the listener from the fine air and freedom of the mountaintop to the confines of Frankfurt, back to the peaks again, bounding in flowered fields with goats at your heels and sky utterly surrounding you.We meet Heidi when she is 5, led up the mountain by her aunt who has raised the orphan but must leave now for a position in Frankfurt. In a mountain cottage overlooking the valley is Heidis grandfather, and there with him the girls sweet, free nature expands with the vista. The authors voice is straightforward, and so is our readers, with the childs wonder, devotion, and sometimes humorous good intentions. When Heidi is taken from the mountains and nearly doesnt make it back again, the most humorous as well as most heart-wringing scenes occur. All she learns during her absence from the mountain she brings back as seeds that will grow to benefit everyone around her. (Summary by Anita) Language: en Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Chapter 1 – Up the Mountain to Alm-Uncle
Episode 1
Wednesday, 31 December, 1969
