Johanna Spyri

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born

June 12, 1827 in Hirzel, Switzerland

died

December 13, 1901

gender

female

genre

Children's Books

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Johanna Spyri was an author of children's stories, and is best known for Heidi. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.

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Books by Johanna Spyri

Average rating: 3.88 · 44,582 ratings · 978 reviews · 112 distinct works

	Heidi 3.89 avg rating — 44,051 ratings — published 1880 — 368 editions	My rating:
	Cornelli 3.76 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1920 — 26 editions	My rating:
	Veronica by Johanna Spyri, Louise Brooks (Translator) 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1924 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Children of the Alps by Johanna Spyri, Elisabeth P. Stork 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1925	My rating:
	Хайди и Клара (Heidi, #2) by Johanna Spyri, Ваня Пенева (преводач) 3.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	Mazli (Illustrated Edition) 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1921 — 26 editions	My rating:
	Vinzi: A Story of the Swiss Alps by Johanna Spyri, Elisabeth P. Stork (Translator) 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1923 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Maxa's Children 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1926 — 5 editions	My rating:
	'Moni the Goat-Boy' and 'What Sami Sings with the Birds' by Johanna Spyri, Helen B. Dole (Translator) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1886 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Uncle Titus in the Country by Johanna Spyri, Clement W. Coumbe (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1926 — 19 editions	My rating:

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Series by Johanna Spyri

Heidi (5 books)
by Johanna Spyri

3.89 avg rating — 44,056 ratings

Quotes by Johanna Spyri

“I'll always say my prayers...and if God doesn't answer them at once I shall know it's because He's planning something better for me.”
― Johanna Spyri, Heidi

tags: heidi

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“Many strange things happen in this world”
― Johanna Spyri, Heidi

5 people liked it

“God certainly knows of some happiness for us which He is going to bring out of the trouble, only we must have patience and not run away. And then all at once something happens and we see clearly ourselves that God has had some good thought in His mind all along; but because we cannot see things beforehand, and only know how dreadfully miserable we are, we think it is always going to be so.”
― Johanna Spyri, Heidi

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