| Description |
224 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
'My brother and I were born in London because my father was a lawyer there.' -- 'It is something to have a little money to spend on books and to look forward to being independent.' -- 'He did not live long, but he fulfilled a useful happy life.' -- 'The publisher is a gentleman who prints books, and he wants a bigger book than he has got enough money to pay for!' -- 'We are getting lambs here, and should be in full swing on the sheep farms in another week.' -- 'It is some years ago since I have walked on the beloved hills but I remember every stone and rock - and stick.' -- 'I have never quite understood the secret of Peter's perennial charm.' |
| Summary |
This volume is an illustrated biography of English author, illustrator, and natural scientist Beatrix Potter (1866-1943). Potter is best known for her imaginative children's books featuring animals such as those in "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" which celebrated the British landscape and country life. Through original sketches, watercolors, and family photographs the author takes the reader through the course of her life, from her Victorian childhood in London to her final years farming in the Lake District area of northwest England also examining how Potter began creating children's books, and describing the influences on her work |
| Analysis |
Children's stories in English Potter, Beatrix - Biographies |
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Children's stories in English Potter, Beatrix 1866-1943 Biographies |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page 219 |
| Subject |
Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943.
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| SUBJECT |
Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017651
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| Subject |
Artists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Children's stories -- Authorship.
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Children's stories -- Illustrations.
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Country life -- England -- Lake District.
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Illustrators -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Artists.
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Authors, English.
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Women -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
Lake District (England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074000 -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
86050799 |
| ISBN |
0723233144 |
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