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Heidi

Johanna Spyri

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I Up the Mountain to Alm-Uncle II At Home with Grandfather III Out with the Goats IV The Visit to Grandmother V Two Visits and What Came of Them VI A New Chapter about New Things VII Fraulein Rottenmeier Spends an Uncomfortable Day VIII There is Great Commotion in the Large House IX Herr Sesemann Hears of Things that are New to Him X Another Grandmother XI Heidi Gains in One Way and Loses in Another XII A Ghost in th…

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  • AuthorJohanna Spyri
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #1448
  • Length91,271 words · 6h 05m of reading
  • Chapters23
  • DictionaryNot yet generated
  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-08-28

Contents

23 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

  1. 01HEIDI
  2. 02INTRODUCTION
  3. 03CHAPTER I. UP THE MOUNTAIN TO ALM-UNCLE
  4. 04CHAPTER II. AT HOME WITH GRANDFATHER
  5. 05CHAPTER III. OUT WITH THE GOATS
  6. 06CHAPTER IV. THE VISIT TO GRANDMOTHER
  7. 07CHAPTER V. TWO VISITS AND WHAT CAME OF THEM
  8. 08CHAPTER VI. A NEW CHAPTER ABOUT NEW THINGS
  9. 09CHAPTER VIII. THERE IS GREAT COMMOTION IN THE LARGE HOUSE
  10. 10CHAPTER X. ANOTHER GRANDMOTHER
  11. 11CHAPTER XI. HEIDI GAINS IN ONE WAY AND LOSES IN ANOTHER
  12. 12CHAPTER XII. A GHOST IN THE HOUSE
  13. 13CHAPTER XIII. A SUMMER EVENING ON THE MOUNTAIN
  14. 14CHAPTER XIV. SUNDAY BELLS
  15. 15CHAPTER XV. PREPARATIONS FOR A JOURNEY
  16. 16CHAPTER XVI. A VISITOR
  17. 17CHAPTER XVII. A COMPENSATION
  18. 18CHAPTER XVIII. WINTER IN DORFLI
  19. 19CHAPTER XIX. THE WINTER CONTINUES
  20. 20CHAPTER XX. NEWS FROM DISTANT FRIENDS
  21. 21CHAPTER XXI. HOW LIFE WENT ON AT GRANDFATHER'S
  22. 22CHAPTER XXII. SOMETHING UNEXPECTED HAPPENS
  23. 23CHAPTER XXIII. "GOOD-BYE TILL WE MEET AGAIN"

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