Wie Wiselis Weg gefunden wird Erzählung

Johanna Spyri (1827-1901)

Approximate level: B1
Length: 27,335 words
Reading time: 2 h 17 min
Chapters: 8
Language: German
On Project Gutenberg since: 2005

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Johanna Spyri’s nineteenth-century children’s story begins in a village outside Bern, where a steep hillside provides a winter sledding run for local children. The opening describes the houses, gardens, school and landscape in concrete, everyday vocabulary, with Swiss place names and some older terms. The sentences are often long, linked by several clauses and detailed descriptions, so you may need to follow their structure carefully. The story turns on childhood, village life and the experiences of a girl named Wiseli.

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Subjects

Mountain life -- Juvenile fiction
Switzerland -- Fiction

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