| Veronica by Johanna Spyri, Fiction, Historical Contributor(s): Spyri, Johanna (Author), Brooks, Louise (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1598182463 ISBN-13: 9781598182460 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2006 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: A classic tale of loss and childhood from the author of Heidi. . . . |
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| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Readers - Chapter Books - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Europe - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Europe |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6" W x 9" (0.70 lbs) 120 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Spyri, Johanna: - "Johanna Louise Spyri, née Heusser (1827 - 1901) was a Swiss-born author of novels, notably children's stories and is best known for her book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels. In 1852, Johanna Heusser married Bernhard Spyri. Bernhard was a lawyer. Whilst living in the city of Zürich she began to write about life in the country. Her first story, A Note on Vrony's Grave, which deals with a woman's life of domestic violence, was published in 1880; the following year further stories for both adults and children appeared, among them the novel Heidi, which she wrote in four weeks. Heidi is the story of an orphan girl who lives with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps and is famous for its vivid portrayal of the landscape." |