The Beatrix Potter Collection, Beatrix Potter
The Beatrix Potter Collection, Beatrix Potter
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The Beatrix Potter Collection

Author: Beatrix Potter

Narrator: Holly Collingwood

Unabridged: 3 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/26/2021


Synopsis

Beatrix Potter (1866 - 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist. Her Children's stories are loved all around the world.

Born into an upper-middle-class household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets and spent holidays in Scotland and the Lake District, developing a love of landscape, flora and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted.

Enjoy a collection of her stories, recorded in high quality audio.

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About Beatrix Potter

British author and artist Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated many children's books in the late nineteenth century. She is best known for her enchanting tales and endearing drawings of woodland creatures in human clothes, most notably Peter Rabbit. Her stories are simple and direct; it was important to Potter to not "write down" to the young listener or reader. Her beloved classic stories remain popular throughout the world today.

Potter was born on July 28, 1866, in Kensington, London, to a wealthy Victorian family. She was educated by governesses who encouraged her to write and who taught her art and music. When she was twenty-seven, she drew a picture and wrote a story for a sick friend about four little rabbits. Nine years later, the now-classic story "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" was published, and it became an overnight success.

Potter's literary work diminished after 1918 because her eyesight deteriorated. She devoted her last thirty years to raising Herdwick sheep and investing in real estate. Potter was the first president of the Herdwick Sheepbreeders' Association, which still exists today. Potter died on December 22, 1943, in Lancashire. She bequeathed fourteen farms, including Hill Top Farm, the setting of several of her books, and 4,000 acres to the British National Trust.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kimberley on June 24, 2018

short and lovely tales. this volume holds most of my personal favs.......more

Goodreads review by Eduard on August 24, 2014

This volume contains 13 of the 23 works(containing both The Tailor of Gloucester and The Story of Miss Moppet) that together make up The Beatrix Potter Collection. For a separate rating and for the few phrases that can barely qualify as a review, please check each individual book. As for the Wordswort......more

Goodreads review by Jana on July 22, 2019

goodreads summer reading challenge • short & sweet ↪ read a book with less than 100 pages (or a book you can finish in one sitting). i read this book on the (infuriatingly) delayed plane to slovakia and i have to say that it was amusing and the 400+ pages were actually kinda worth it. rating it the fou......more

Goodreads review by Loren on February 22, 2018

I absolutely adore Beatrix Potter’s stories. There’s something so special and beautiful about these sweet little stories with their unique, detailed illustrations done by the master herself. These tales never get old, it’s wonderful to relive them over and over again.......more

Goodreads review by IJ on February 12, 2021

3.75 Stars This was such a cute collection of stories. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful, loved this edition. I liked the first half of this book, the other half was not as good. Can't wait to read Volume 2.......more