Spyri

[ shpee-ree, spee- ]

noun

1. Jo·han·na [yaw-, hah, -nah, joh-, han, -, uh, -, -, an, -, uh], 1827–1901, Swiss author.

Example Sentences

Madame Johanna Spyri is pronounced by competent critics the best living German writer for children.

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Johanna Spyri lived amidst the scenes she so gracefully described.

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"Mzli" may be pronounced the most natural and one of the most entertaining of Madame Spyri's creations.

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When he returned home he would tell his little daughter, who was Johanna Spyri, about what he had seen and heard.

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To defray the expense of the costumes, a play was given,—Spyri's Heidi.

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