Cornelli, Johanna Spyri
Cornelli, Johanna Spyri
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Cornelli

Author: Johanna Spyri

Narrator: Eloise Fairfax

Unabridged: 4 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/26/2025

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy

Synopsis

"Cornelli" unfolds in the serene Swiss Alps, where a fragile orphan named Cornelli finds refuge with her kind aunt. Facing societal prejudices due to her frailty, Cornelli's journey is a poignant exploration of compassion, inner strength, and the transformative power of love. As she navigates challenges, the narrative beautifully captures the Alpine backdrop, emphasizing the healing influence of nature and the resilient spirit within a nurturing family.

About Johanna Spyri

Johanna Spyri (1827-1901) was an author of children's stories and is best known for writing Heidi. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubunden, the setting she would later use in her novels.

In 1852, Johanna married Bernhard Spyri, a lawyer. While living in Zurich, she began to write about life in the country. Her first book, A Leaf on Vrony's Grave, was published in 1871, and the following year further stories by Spyri—for both adults and children—appeared, among them the tale of Heidi that became an instant and enduring success. Heidi, the story of an orphan girl who lives with her grandfather in the Alps, is famous not only for its vivid portrayal of the landscape but also for its understanding of how children see life and experience their feelings.

Johanna's husband and her only child, a son named Bernhard, both died in 1884. Alone, she devoted herself to charitable causes and wrote over fifty more stories before her death in 1901. An icon in Switzerland, Johanna's portrait was placed on a postage stamp in 1951 and on a twenty-CHF (Swiss franc) commemorative coin in 2001.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kailey (Luminous Libro) on September 24, 2021

Cornelli is only ten years old, and her whole world is about to change. Her father decides that Cornelli needs a mother-figure in her life, and invites a sharp adult cousin to visit and give Cornelli an "education" in manners. Cornelli is forced to "speak when spoken to" and sit up straight and alwa......more

Goodreads review by Laurel-Rain on April 04, 2020

Many writers have suffered injustice in being known as the author of but one book. Such has been the fate of Johanna Spyri, the Swiss authoress, whose reputation is mistakenly supposed to rest on her story of Heidi. To be sure, Heidi is a book that in its field can hardly be overpraised. But the pre......more

Goodreads review by Angie on March 09, 2018

Johanna Spyri's writing is always wonderful! My heart just cried for poor little Cornelli. Children who misunderstand/are misunderstood by the adults in their lives make me want to walk into the book and shake someone (usually not the child) more than just about any other plot device. And it lasted......more

Goodreads review by Jersy on December 10, 2020

I really enjoy Spyri`s writing style and the way she crafts adorable characters and conveys love for the country life. This book is about the attempt to make a civilized young woman out of Cornelli and that is were the problem start. Part of the book is extremely frustrating: the two women trying to......more

Goodreads review by Kate on July 21, 2013

When we were children we just loved Heidi. We would drink cereal milk or soup from our bowls and pretend we were on the Alp with the Alm Uncle, and play all sorts of things inspired by the book. Our mother read it aloud to us from a book she had as a child. Being oldest I heard it at least three tim......more

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