Heidi, the eternal postcard?

The motif of benevolent nature dear to Rousseau runs through Johanna Spyri's text published in 1880. In the midst of the Industrial Revolution, society was changing: people perceived the mountains as opposed to the city, they were looking for a new way of life, and they were beginning to think that Alpine air and vacations would do everyone good.

The Alps, the mountains, the mountains, the mountains, the mountains, the mountains, the mountains, the mountains, the mountains, the mountains, the mountains, the mountains and the mountains