Her first story, A Note on Vrony's Grave, which deals with a woman's life of domestic violence, was published in 1880; the following year further stories for both adults and children appeared, among them the novel Heidi, which she wrote in four weeks.
她第一個故事為A Note on Vrony's Grave，關於一位受家庭暴力女人的一生，出版於1880年；次年，她用四星期寫就《海蒂》，故事出現大人與小孩。