| Maezli by Johanna Spyri, Fiction, Historical Contributor(s): Spyri, Johanna (Author), Stork, Elisabeth P. (Translator), Stork, Charles Wharton (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1598182498 ISBN-13: 9781598182491 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2006 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Readers - Chapter Books - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Europe - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Europe |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.79 lbs) 148 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Maezli" may be pronounced the most natural and one of the most entertaining of Madame Spyri's creations. The atmosphere is created by an old Swiss castle and by the romantic associations of the noble family who lived there. Plot interest is supplied in abundance by the children of the Bergmann family with varying characters and interests. A more charming group of young people and a more wise and affectionate mother would be hard to find. Every figure is individual and true to life, with his or her special virtues and foibles, so that any grown person who picks up the volume will find it a world in miniature and will watch eagerly for the special characteristics of each child to reappear. Naturalness, generosity, and forbearance are shown throughout not by precept but by example. The story is at once entertaining, healthy, and, in the best sense of a word often misused, sweet. Insipid books do no one any good, but few readers of whatever age they may be will fail to enjoy and be the better for Maezli. |
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." |