Heidi
by Johanna Spyri
Johanna Spyri's 1881 classic. A cheerful orphan is sent to live with her gruff grandfather high in the Swiss Alps, and her warmth slowly changes everyone around her.
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From the old and pleasantly situated village of Mayenfeld, a footpath winds through green and shady meadows to the foot of the mountains, which on this side look down from their stern and lofty heights upon the valley below. The land grows gradually wilder as the path ascends, and the climber has not gone far before he…Johanna Spyri, HeidiStart reading Heidi free →
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Good for English learners
Plain, sunny English and short chapters. One of the easiest classics, good for A2 to B1.
Level A2-B1. This is the original text, not a simplified or abridged version, so you read the real classic.
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