Heidi Original and Unabridged

Heidi, by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, is about the events in the life of a young girl in her grandfather's care in the Swiss Alps. It was written as a book "for children and those who love children".Heidi is one of the best-selling books ever written and is among the best-known works of Swiss literature.Heidi is an orphan initially raised by her aunt Dete after the early deaths of her parents. Dete brings 5-year-old Heidi to her paternal grandfather's house, up the mountain from the little Village. He has been at odds with the villagers and embittered against God for years and lives in seclusion on the alm. This has earned him the nickname 'Uncle Alp'. He briefly resents Heidi's arrival, but the girl's evident intelligence and cheerful yet unaffected demeanor soon earn his genuine, if reserved, affection. Heidi enthusiastically befriends her new neighbors, young Peter the goatherd, his mother, Bridget, and his blind maternal grandmother. With each season that passes, the mountaintop inhabitants grow more attached to Heidi.