《海蒂》是瑞士兒童文學作家約翰娜•斯比麗的代表作,《海蒂》是一部永遠也不會過時的小說。在《海蒂》這本書里,始終貫穿着一個濃縮於海蒂身上的「愛」的主題,作者通過優美的筆觸,把一個無比可愛,充滿愛心的海蒂栩栩如生地展現在讀者眼前,使我們仿佛看到了一個愛的天使、愛的化身。
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Heidi is a delightful story for children of life in the Alps, one of many tales written by the Swiss authoress, Johanna Spyri. She had been well known to the younger readers of her own country since 1880, when she published her story, Heimathlos , which ran into three or more editions, and which, like her other books, as she states on the title page, was written for those who love children, as well as for the youngsters themselves. Her own sympathy with the instincts and longings of the child』s heart is shown in her picture of Heidi . The record of the early life of this Swiss child amid the beauties of her passionately loved mountain-home and during her exile in the great town has been for many years a favorite book of younger readers in Germany and America.
Madame Spyri, like Hans Andersen, had by temperament a peculiar skill in writing the simple histories of an innocent world. In all her stories she shows an underlying desire to preserve children alike from misunderstanding and the mistaken kindness that frequently hinder the happiness and natural development of their lives and characters.