2011 Reprint of 1899 Edition. Complete, unabridged edition of this classic children"s book. "Heidi" is one of the most famous Swiss works of fiction. It is a novel about the events in the life of a young girl in her grandfather"s care in the Swiss Alps. It was written as a book "for children and those who love children". Heidi is Swiss orphan who is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.