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Heidi

A five-year-old orphan bundled in shawls and hobnailed boots, she climbs the Alps to live with a grandfather who doesn't want her.

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Also known as Poor Heidi, little Heidi, Dear Heidi, the vulgar Heidi

First appearance: i going up to the alm uncle

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Heidi arrives at the Alm-Uncle's hut as a hot, shapeless little person whom the villagers predict will be turned away at the door. Her unshakeable cheer and hunger for the mountain's flowers, goats, and fir-trees slowly…

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Character Web

21 connections

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Relationship types

  • Family
  • Friendship

Character groups

  • Protagonist
  • Main human characters

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

In this chapter, the emotional and psychological peak occurs when Heidi, isolated from the mountain and her gr…

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Heidi appears across 24 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

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