Name: maxa's children
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Author: Johanna Spyri
ISBN: 9781162799971

Type

Physical Book

Author

Johanna Spyri

Translated by

Clement W. Coumbe

Publisher

Kessinger Publishing

Year

2010

Language

English

Pages

244

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x1.3 cm

Weight

0.33 kg.

ISBN

1162799978

ISBN13

9781162799971

Synopsis "maxa's children"

1926. Illustrated by Francis Brundage. Spyri is the Swiss writer whose story for children, Heidi, is known all over the world. Her psychological insight into the child mind, her humor, and her ability to enter into childish joys and sorrows give her books attraction and lasting value. Maxa's Children begins: For nearly twenty years the ancient castle had stood on the heights silent and forsaken. Not a sound was to be heard except the twittering of the birds and the rustling of the old pine trees surrounding it. In former days, the swallows darted about the corner turrets on summer evenings, but now no happy faces looked down from the balconies to the green meadows and the laden apple trees in the valley. But at this moment two merry eyes gazed expectantly from the meadow toward the old castle as though able to see through the closely fastened shutters.

Johanna Spyri

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Swiss writer, Johanna Spyri is known worldwide for her children's story Heidi, a partially autobiographical work that has been adapted to film, television, or as an animated series

Heidi is considered one of the best-selling works in the history of literature, overshadowing the rest of the author's literary output, which amounted to more than twenty novels

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