ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Heidi, classic children’s novel by Swiss writer Johanna Spyri, published in two volumes in 1880–81. The title character is a young orphan who is sent to the Swiss mountains to live with her grandfather.

Detailed explanation-2: -Heidi Blair Pratt (née Montag; born September 15, 1986) is an American reality television personality, model, singer and actress. Born and raised in Crested Butte, Colorado.

Detailed explanation-3: -The story is about an orphan girl, Heidi, who has been sent to live with a lonely, angry man at the top of a mountain in the Swiss Alps. This man is her grandfather. Heidi had been previously living with her Aunt Dete, but now Dete has been appointed to a job in Frankfurt.

Detailed explanation-4: -Characters. Adelheid “Heidi": A joyful and free-spirited young girl who is orphaned as a toddler. She loves the beauty and fresh air of the mountains. Grandfather: Heidi’s grandfather, a cantankerous loner who lives in a hut high in the mountains.

Detailed explanation-5: -A strong reading 6 to 7 yr old might read it themselves, or an average reading 8 to 9 yr old. Maryam She is five years old at the beginning of the story, and in the middle she’s eight, the end she is about 10 or 11.