Uncle Titus and His Visit to the Country

by Johanna Spyri

Overview

Uncle Titus and His Visit to the Country Johanna Spyri

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515271499
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	07/28/2015
Pages:	66
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.14(d)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

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.