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Cornelli
Johanna Spyri
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Cornelli lives in Iller-Stream with her widowed father, who calls on two Ladies of Culture to come spend time with Cornelli during one of his business trips, hoping that their influence will refine and improve his daughter. Instead, the ladies prove to have no real love for Cornelli, and she, being a sensitive soul, turns inward and becomes sullen and uncooperative. A boy who comes on a visit to Iller-Stream for his health befriends her, and this begins a chain of events that turn Cornelli's life right-side up again.
Cornelli lives in Iller-Stream with her widowed father, who calls on two Ladies of Culture to come spend time with Cornelli during one of his business trips, hoping that their influence will refine and improve his daughter. Instead, the ladies prove to have no real love for Cornelli, and she, being a sensitive soul, turns inward and becomes sullen and uncooperative. A boy who comes on a visit to Iller-Stream for his health befriends her, and this begins a chain of events that turn Cornelli's life right-side up again.
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"Where is your daughter, Frederick?" asked Miss Dorner now.
The Director glanced about.
"I saw her just a moment ago. Where are you, Cornelli?" he called towards the house.
"Here I am!" It sounded from very near, for Cornelli had hidden behind her father, so as to inspect the new arrivals without being seen herself.
"Come forward and speak to your cousin and to Miss Grideelen!" ordered
Mr. Hellmut.
Cornelli gave her hand first to her relative and then to the other lady, saying to each: "How do you do?"
"You can call me cousin, and this lady is called Miss Grideelen," said the cousin, hoping that the child would repeat her greeting and would call her and her friend by the names she was just told to use in speaking. . . Read More
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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
First sentence: Spring had come again on the banks of the Iller-Stream, and the young beech trees were swaying to and fro. One moment their glossy foliage was sparkling in the sunshine, and the next a deep shadow was cast over the leaves. A strong south wind was blowing, driving huge clouds across t
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
Physical book Review from 2/2/24: I love this story so much, it’s just so beautiful and has so much heart. Little Cornelli is such a vibrant and happy girl, until her father leaves her with his cousin and her companion who become so harsh and judgmental with their cold attitudes towards her. She wit
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
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
A sensitive child Cornelli undergoes a radical change when put under the care of an autocratic aunt who does not understand her, while her father is away. A loving family she discovers through a convalescing boy who comes to the neighbourhood helps her regain her lost confidence and establish hersel
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