Johanna biography
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Johanna Spyri
Swiss novelist (1827–1901)
Johanna Spyri | |
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Johanna Spyri, 1879 | |
| Born | Johanna Louise Heusser (1827-06-12)12 June 1827 Hirzel, Switzerland |
| Died | 7 July 1901(1901-07-07) (aged 74) Zürich, Switzerland |
| Occupation | Short story writer, novelist |
| Genre | Children's literature, adult literature |
| Notable works | Heidi |
Johanna Spyri (German:[joˈhanaˈʃpiːri]; née Heusser[ˈhɔʏsər]; 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories. She wrote the popular book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zürich, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.
Biography
[edit]In 1852, Johanna Heusser married a lawyer named Bernhard Spyri. Whilst living in the city of Zürich she began to write about life in the country. Her first story, "A Leaf on Vrony's Grave", [1] which deals with a woman's life of domestic violence, was published in 1873; the following years further stories for both adults and children appeared, among them the novel Heidi, which she wrote in four weeks only. Heidi tells the story of an orphan girl who lives with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps, and is famous for its vivi
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Johanna (character)
Fictional character
Johanna is a fictional character appearing in the story of Sweeney Todd. In the original version of the tale, the penny dreadfulThe String of Pearls (1846–7), her name is Johanna Oakley and she is no relation of Todd.[1] In the popular musical adaptation by Stephen Sondheim, inspired by Christopher Bond's play Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1973), she is the daughter of Benjamin Barker and his wife, Lucy. In this version she is the ward of Judge Turpin, the man who falsely convicted her father and raped her mother.
In The String of Pearls
[edit]In The String of Pearls Johanna Oakley is the lover of a sailor named Mark Ingestrie, who seems to have gone missing at sea. One of his shipmates, Lieutenant Thornhill, comes to London with this sad news and also brings a gift of a string of pearls for Johanna from Mark. Thornhill, himself, however, also goes missing - last seen entering Sweeney Todd's establishment. One of Thornhill's seafaring friends, Colonel Jeffery, is alerted to the disappearance of Thornhill by the latter's faithful dog, Hector, and investigates his whereabouts. He is joined by Johanna who wants to know what happened to her lover, Mark Ingestrie. Johanna's suspicions of Sweene
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Biography
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