Heidi, Johanna Spyri
Heidi, Johanna Spyri
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Heidi

Author: Johanna Spyri

Narrator: Susan Iannucci, Lee Ann Howlett, Joan Dukore, Trisha Rose, Ben Stevens, Jennifer Fournier, Susan Marlowe, Ron Altman, Sarah Bacaller, Alan Gibson, David Stifel, a full cast

Unabridged: 9 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/24/2023

Synopsis

First published in 1881, the subtitle of this book tells us that it was written “for children and those who love children”. Heidi, a 5-year-old orphan, is handed off by her young Aunt Dete to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps. Though her new life is foreign, Heidi soon falls in love with her grandfather, and he with her. They share a contented life of goat-herding.But when Grandfather refuses to allow Heidi to attend school in the small village below, quarrels ensue. Heidi’s young aunt returns to remove her from her grandfather, and Heidi is sent to live as a hired lady’s companion to wealthy Clara, a wheelchair-bound child in Frankfurt. Heidi is loved by Clara, but not by the others within Clara’s home, who consider her ill-mannered. She becomes severely homesick and the wealthy family’s doctor recommends her return to the mountains.CAST
Narrator: Susan Iannucci
Heidi: Trisha Rose
Grandfather: Ben Stevens
Brigitta: Jennifer Fournier
Clara: Sarah BacallerAlso featuring the voices of Ron Altman, David Stifel, Al Gibson, Lee Ann Howlett, Joan Dukore, and Susan Marlowe.

About Johanna Spyri

Johanna Spyri (1827–1901) was a Swiss writer whose children’s stories were originally written in German.

About Susan Iannucci

Susan Iannucci is a full-time narrator and voice-over actor working from California. She has been producing multi-cast productions for several years along with her own solo narrations. Pulling together multi-cast projects with actors throughout the world continues to be a great challenge and thoroughly rewarding. 

About Lee Ann Howlett

Lee Ann Howlett has been narrating audiobooks for over fourteen years. She enjoys recording nonfiction, biographies/memoirs, and classic fiction. She has a particular interest in the true crime genre.

About Jennifer Fournier

Jennifer Fournier began her voice acting career with Librivox in December 2015. She moved quickly to commercial productions, first with the Online Stage as Jocasta in Oedipus Rex and then to audiobooks, becoming the voice of Polly Parrett in the Polly Parrett Pet-Sitter Cozy Murder Mystery series. Jennifer brings professionalism and passion to every project she does.

About Susan Marlowe

Susan Marlowe loves a great story and loves acting. She has found her perfect profession through audiobook narration. Susan has narrated numerous titles and has enjoyed producing every single one. When not in her studio, Susan can be found performing in community theater, belting out showtunes while driving in her car, and collecting pretty rocks.

About Sarah Bacaller

Sarah Bacaller is a writer, researcher, and audiobook narrator from Melbourne, Australia.

About David Stifel

David Stifel trained at the Yale School of Drama and has worked for such noted film directors as Steven Spielberg and Danny Boyle.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tharindu on May 03, 2021

"I would a thousand times rather be with grandfather on the mountain than anywhere else in the world.” I love this book. I love it more and more every time I re-read it, for, there is very little else I found relaxing and make me feel great, than reliving the life of Heidi among the beautiful mountai......more

Goodreads review by Ruby on June 08, 2021

I can't believe I've only just read this! This is such a charming children's book with utterly beautiful descriptions of the mountains which fill you with gratitude and wonder and wish you were in the countryside.......more

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ on May 12, 2021

Heidi, a Swiss book originally published in German in 1881, was one of those books I grew up with: my mother had a simplified, abridged version of it that I read many times and loved as a child. When I realized the GR group "Catching up on the Classics" was doing it as a group read, I jumped in, exc......more

Goodreads review by Justin on August 30, 2018

The most feel-good story of all time? Possibly. Heidi’s infectious pleasantness carries easily over the Swiss alps and into my life, nearly 140 years later. Despite a plot of idealized happiness, the cast of characters are not without flaw. The moments of conflict, though never described in severe t......more

Goodreads review by emma on November 05, 2019

I don't know what it is about this book, but I just...didn't like it that much? And I really like classics. And I really like children's books. And I REALLY like children's classics. I also really, REALLY liked the other three books (A Little Princess, The Secret Garden, Anne of Green Gables) in this......more

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