Heidi (AmazonClassics Edition)

By: Johanna Spyri

Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith

Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's Summary

Filled with the power of love and the beauty of nature, Heidi is a lyrical tale about a little girl sent to live in the mountains of the Swiss Alps with her grandfather. A grumpy recluse, her grandfather has isolated himself from his fellow townspeople and his church. In very little time, Heidi warms his heart; and she quickly charms the whole town and makes new friends, including young Peter, the goatherd. But when Heidi is sent away again to care for a young girl her own age, she must grow wise beyond her years, learning invaluable lessons that she will impart to others to better their lives.

In her best-known book, Johanna Spyri portrays how a child's radiant joy and simple faith can transform the world around her.

AmazonClassics brings you timeless works from the masters of storytelling. Ideal for anyone who wants to read a great work for the first time or rediscover an old favorite, these new editions open the door to literature's most unforgettable characters and beloved worlds.

Revised edition: Previously published as Heidi, this edition of Heidi (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

Public Domain (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved

Delight

A wonderful classic and a delightful read. Surprised I waited to long. Loved the whole thing

My kids and I love this book!

My 7 year old and 3 younger kids have thoroughly enjoyed this book. So worth the read (listen :))

A childhood favorite, excellently narrated

The narration of this book was excellent. The narrator did a fantastic job of bringing the story -- a childhood favorite of mine -- back to life for me.

Good book for audio

Well read. I enjoy listening as I go to sleep. This is a great audio for that or for listening to it you've not read the book in younger years.

High literary and moral content!

My daughter and I loved this classic. When I was young I haven't read this but I'm grateful that my daughter and I were able to read and enjoy this book. It promotes high character, trust in the goodness of God, comradery, friendship and love of nature. Every child must read this.

Better than all the movies

Many movies have been made about the book Heidi. But the actual book itself is much better.

A long, boring slog of a book

Maybe it’s the dry and technical translation and the book is better in German, I don’t know, but I constantly found myself checking the time and groaning while there were still 6, 4, or a few hours left to go. The reader does different voices for the characters, which helps break up the monotony, but the in between narration seems very cold and emotionless. I normally listen to books a bit faster than 1x speed, but this one I found myself cranking up the speed multiple times just to get through it, until at the end I was listening at nearly twice my normal speed.
There are two or three moments that are touching in the back half, but the long periods in between describing how much she loves flowers or the colors of every little thing around her make them difficult to reach.

Great Included Listen!

I was pleasantly surprised that this book was so well done especially as it was included with membership! The narrator was great and the clasic story of Heidi was lovely to listen to!

Narration lacking

Heidi is a great little story that reminds want to cherish the more simple things in life. I recall reading it over and over as a child and wishing I could live just like Heidi. The story still holsters same appeals to me however this narration is very lacking. It was rather choppy and robotic and almost at times sounded like a computer generated voice which I found somewhat distracting from the story overall. There may be a better narration available..if so I’d choose it.

I love this story

I cried nearly the whole way through this. I read this book when I was a kid and now as an adult it feels even more heart felt. Classic book.

Wonderful

This is such an enchanting story. It is timeless, I will never tire of listening to it.
Narrator was brilliant, nice voice to listen to and put the right expression into it.
Loved every minute.

Rather spoiled by flat narration

This wonderfully inspiring story is rather spoiled by the narrator's flat monotone voice. I chose a woman narrator in the hope she could do the piping voice of Heidi, the calm, patient voice of Clara and the haughty voice of Rottonmeier. There are so many varied characters young and old, yet this lady narrator treats them all with the same, little varying, tone and a certain flatness of delivery. This rather put me off this version of the book.