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Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)

Johanna Spyri

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Apr 28, 2018 Jessie B rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, classics-club, nineteenth-century, childrens

Although I never read Heidi as a child, I do have fond memories of watching the movie and miniseries versions. That said, there were still plenty of differences and surprises to discover in the text.

This is a very sweet story, but I never found it to be too cloying or saccharine. It was also much funnier in parts than I had expected; I especially loved the servants and all the chaos Heidi caused while staying in Frankfurt.

Heidi is an easy read and fairly fast-paced. There is no high-stakes drama ...more

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Oct 26, 2012 Bookguide rated it really liked it

We were in Switzerland this summer and went into a souvenir shop with a basement bookshop in Zermatt. They had an entire island display of different versions of Heidi, from classic to picture book. I incorrectly remembered it as being set in Austria, so was somewhat perplexed. I read a library copy as a child and spent time imagining myself as being light-footed as a mountain goat, running down the cliff slope at the end of the road (instead of the rather clumsy, flat-footed child I was). It obv ...more

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Jul 27, 2011 Amy added it

Shelves: classics, children-s

I just remembered this book reading something about Sweden (random, yes).

I read this book so many times when I was little. I really, really loved it.

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