Through its tale of an orphan girl's early childhood in the remote Alps, Heidi has become treasured for its sentimental and optimistic tone, etching itself into the fabric of juvenile culture in spite of its occasionally didactic methodology. Author Charles Tritten released two sequels, Heidi Grows Up (1939) and Heidi's Children (1958), which failed to live up to the auspicious reputation of Spyri's original. The subject of hundreds of translations and reinterpretations, Heidi has never been out of print since its initial release. Porter's Pollyanna, and Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden-Heidi distinguishes itself through its unique presentation of the tender relationship between Heidi and her grandfather. Part of a larger canon of orphan narratives common to the era-including Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking, Eleanor H. INTRODUCTIONĪn enduring classic of girl's fiction, Spyri's Heidi (1880) utilizes the panoramic vistas of the Swiss Alps and gentle Christian theology to present the quintessential story of an orphan who redeems the people around her through the miracle of personal faith. For further information on her life and works, see CLR, Volume 13. The following entry presents criticism on Spyri's juvenile novel Heidis Lehr und Wanderjahre: Eine Geschichte fuer Kinder und auch fuer solche welche die Kinder lieb haben (1880 Heidi: A Story for Children and Those That Love Children) through 2001. (Full name Johanna Louise Heusser Spyri) Swiss author of juvenile novels and children's poetry.
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