Johanna Spyri





Johanna Spyri

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born
in Hirzel, Switzerland
June 12, 1827

died
December 13, 1901

gender
female

genre


About this author

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.


Average rating: 3.91 · 81,229 ratings · 1,349 reviews · 82 distinct works · Similar authors
Heidi
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Хайди и Клара (Heidi, #2)
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Children of the Alps
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Veronica
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“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

“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

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

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