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Johanna Spyri was born in a small village called Hirzel, southeast of Zurich, Switzerland, on June 12, 1827, as the daughter of a country doctor. She went to school and was tutored at home, then studied languages and piano in Z�rich. In 1852 she married lawyer Bernhard Spyri (1821-1884) and they had a son, Bernard (1855-1884). In 1871 Spyri started to write stories to raise money for refugees from the Franco-Prussian war, and her first full length story, Heidi, was published in 1881. She wrote many other stories and though some were successful, none of them matched Heidi for popularity or longevity. She died in Zurich on July 7, 1901.
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Heidi
August is Happiness Happens Month! Loving Heidi by Johanna Spyri from Puffin Classics.
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August is Happiness Happens Month! Loving Heidi by Johanna Spyri from Penguin.
Get happy with Heidi by Johanna Spyri. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
Heidi by Johanna Spyri from Macmillan Collector's Library
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Happy Birthday Johanna Spyri! Now's the time to read Heidi published by Penguin.
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Happy Birthday Johanna Spyri! Now's the time to read Heidi published by Puffin Classics.
Happy Birthday Johanna Spyri! Now's the time to read Ladybird Classics: Heidi published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
Happy Birthday Johanna Spyri! Now's the time to read Heidi published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
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