Heidi Summary
Johanna Spyri

Everything you need to understand or teach Heidi by Johanna Spyri.

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Heidi Summary

Heidi is an old-fashioned book in which the good characters live "happily ever after." In today's uncertain world, where both the news and fiction tend to be painfully realistic, it is reassuring to find a story where good people are rewarded and where love and honesty triumph. Modern readers may find certain aspects of the book a bit overdone.

Heidi is almost too full of joy, Peter too simple-minded, and the grandfather too...

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