Thursday, March 26, 2009

The Most Famous Girl In the World

The novel Heidi by Johanna Spyri is one of the best-selling and most successful children's stories ever published.
The clear distinction in the book between the simple life in the mountains and the sophistication of the city reinforced the myth of an intact alpine world. The orphan child sent by her impoverished aunt to her grandpa in the mountains came to symbolise the unique nature of the alpine environment.

2 comments:

Mohan Sebastian said...

Mr Mohan Sebastian

Jeevan said...

i hope you will continue with your blog...........