Heidi

　　海蒂一歲多時失去了父母，由母親的妹妹蒂德收養。海蒂五歲時，蒂德阿姨為了工作，忍痛將海蒂送到獨居在阿爾卑斯山的爺爺家。活潑善良的海蒂逐漸溫暖了 爺爺原本孤僻冷漠的心，也和牧羊男孩彼得以及山羊等許多動物成了好朋友，在風景優美的阿爾卑斯山過了幾年無憂無慮的生活。

　　有一天，蒂 德阿姨忽然又回到山上，要帶走海蒂，讓她到有錢的塞斯曼家當伴讀，這樣海蒂同時也可以受教育和念書。海蒂被帶到了塞斯曼家，陪伴不良於行的克拉拉，她樂觀 的態度感染了克拉拉，兩人變成了好朋友。克拉拉的奶奶也親切的教導海蒂念書寫字，但她還是很不習慣嚴謹狹小的生活空間和管家羅騰麥爾小姐的嚴格管教，很想 回到山上爺爺的家，最後克拉拉一家人終於答應讓海蒂回到爺爺身旁。

　　海蒂臨走前，和克拉拉約定一定要再見面，而且是克拉拉去山上看海蒂。終於海蒂和克拉拉在阿爾卑山上重逢，這片美麗的山林又會為兩個相互扶持的小女孩帶來什麼奇蹟呢？

　　*本中文簡介取自<<海蒂>>由商周出版

　　At the age of six, little orphan Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the Alps. Everyone in the village is afraid of him, but Heidi - fascinated by his long beard and bushy grey eyebrows – takes to him immediately and soon earns his love in return. She adores her life in the mountains, playing in the sunshine and growing up among the goats and birds, but one terrible day Heidi is collected by her aunt and forced to live with a new family in town. Heartbroken by the loss of her Alpine life, she must do everything she can to return to her grandfather.

　　Written as a book ＂for children and those who love children＂, Johanna Spyri’s affectionate account of Swiss mountain life is one of the best-selling books ever written, and a joyous portrait of the innocence of childhood.

　　This Macmillan Collector’s Library edition of Heidi is translated by Marian Edwardes and features charming line-drawn illustrations and an afterword by Marcus Clapham.

喬安娜．史派莉（ Johanna Spyri），1827~1901

　　知名兒童文學作家。出生於瑞士蘇黎士，自小接受良好的家庭教育。丈夫是律師，兩人育有一個兒子。

　　1880年出版第一個故事《A Note on Vrony's Grave》，內容講述一位受家庭暴力女性的一生。
1881 年，完成《海蒂》。這個阿爾卑斯山少女的故事，出版後被轉譯為多種文字，在世界各地發行，受到全球讀者喜愛，尤其是青少年讀者的歡迎。而這本小說也成為喬 安娜．史派莉最重要的一部作品。瑞士人也深以它為榮，認為這是瑞士的傳統兒童文學代表作。她的肖像還被瑞士政府印鑄在1951年發行的郵票，以及2009 年發行的20瑞士法郎紀念幣。

　　喬安娜．史派莉的丈夫和兒子在1884年相繼去世後，獨身的她晚年將大部分心力投注於慈善事業。至1901年她去世前，共寫了五十多個故事。

　　Johanna Louise Spyri was born in Hirzel, Switzerland on 12 June 1827. The daughter of a country doctor, she was one of six children. The family later moved to Zürich where the young Johanna went to school, studying languages and piano. She married a lawyer, Bernhard Spyri, in 1852 and they had one child, Bernard, who was born in 1855. Johanna began writing in earnest in 1871, with her many stories often featuring the idyllic Swiss countryside of her childhood. Her beloved children’s novel Heidi was published in 1881 and has become one of the bestselling books of all time. Following the tragic deaths of her husband and child in 1884, Spyri devoted herself to writing and charity work, completing over fifty more stories before her death in Zürich on 7 July 1901.