Heidi who has been orphaned, is taken from her alpine home with her beloved grandfather by her less than loving aunt to be a companion for a crippled child of a wealthy family in Frankfurt. They become bosom friends but Heidi becomes ill and has to return home, but when her crippled friend comes to the Alps for a visit, well, we don't want to spoil the story for you.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 01. Up the Mountain to Alm-Uncle

Chapter 02. At Home with Grandfather

Chapter 03. Out with the Goats

Chapter 04. The Visit to Grandmother

Chapter 05. Two Visits and What Came of Them

Chapter 06. A New Chapter about New Things

Chapter 07. Fraulein Rottenmeier Spends an Uncomfortable Day

Chapter 08. There is Great Commotion in the Large House

Chapter 09. Herr Sesemann Hears of Things that are New to Him

Chapter 10. Another Grandmother

Chapter 11. Heidi Gains in One Way and Loses in Another

Chapter 12. A Ghost in the House

Chapter 13. A Summer Evening on the Mountain

Chapter 14. Sunday Bells

Chapter 15. Preparations for a Journey

Chapter 16. A Visitor

Chapter 17. A Compensation

Chapter 18. Winter in Dorfli

Chapter 19. The Winter Continues

Chapter 20. News from Distant Friends

Chapter 21. How Life Went on at Grandfather's

Chapter 22. Something Unexpected Happens

Chapter 23. "Good-bye Till We Meet Again"

Johanna Spyri (1827–1901) was a Swiss novelist and short story writer, most known for her children's literature. Born in a rural area of Switzerland, Spyri moved to Zurich upon her marriage and in her homesickness, wrote her most famous novel, "Heidi" in just a month.