Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Johanna Spyri
Born: June 12, 1827
Died: July 7, 1901 (aged 74)
Bio: Johanna Louise Spyri was a Swiss-born author of novels, notably children's stories, and is best known for her book Heidi.
Known for:
- Heidi (1881)
- Heidi kann brauchen, was es gelernt hat (1881)
- Rosenresli (1889)
- Moni the Goat Boy
- Heidi grandit