For her, because children are easy to educate, they were became her prospect to a further change on the environment. She also discussed the preservation of natural resources in a simpler yet attackable concept that children would understand. She was also perceived as a potential botanist from her short stories as she transcends the life and essence of animal and plant characterization.Īside from writing and illustrating children's books, Beatrix Potter created precise, realistic botanical drawings and paintings, which she wished to be used to illustrate scientific books on flora and fauna. Beatrix Potter was not only an accomplished writer and artist in watercolor she was also an observant naturalist a hard-headed but kindly farm manager above all she was an ardent conservationist (Diaz, 2007). From this sense, many analysts have thought about the deeper sense of Potter’s attack to her writings.Īccording to different analysts, Potter can be perceived as a conservationist for she helped environmentalists to publicize animal and plant affection through her writings. Because of her contribution to literature, many authors of children stories patterned their pieces on Potter’s works for it can be seen as a way of nurturing children through the use of animal and vegetable characters. Her books have been translated to braille and numerous languages including German, Latin, Welsh, Spanish, French, Japanese and Dutch (Merriman, 2006).Īs many authors and writers’ way of giving gratitude and respect towards potter, they made her pieces recognized in different parts of the world by translating her text in different kinds of languages. After her death on Decemat the age of 77, many authors and chroniclers had their way to give importance to the life and contribution of Potter. However, though she stopped writing stories, she still wrote different letters as well as manuscripts whether personal or career manuscripts were not taken for granted. Though those paintings are simple, they still bring life to the many people.Īs she started her first story in 1902, she worked for different stories that were published until 1944, a year after her death. Along with her writing stories, she also paints different kinds of paintings. Most of her topics in her stories are about animals and vegetables because for her, it can be a way for children to become more familiar and close to their pets and other animals as well as their eating habit when it comes to eating vegetables. Yearly, she publicized one to two stories that became famous and significant in different parts of the world during her time and until today, which can still be seen in the future. ![]() After a year, another story was published with the help of her friends and family. This story was her first and major published work that many children used to read until today. Soon, this piece became the “tale of Peter Rabbit” in 1920. This was happen in 1892, when she started to create a children short story. Her story book was filled with animal pictures along with a simple story to make a child happy. ![]() Her first children story was about an animal. Because she was unhappy with her childhood life, she shared her talent to the children whom she wanted to imagine, to amaze, to laugh, or to simply become happy.Īnother factor that manifest in her literary works was her love for animals. During her teenage years, she was introduced to many prominent personalities that gave her the opportunity to show her talent in writing and painting. Despite of this, she was luck for she was not a poor child like other authors or writers who seemed to start from rugs to riches. Creasing to both flaps (especially the front one).Only her pets became her friends as she kept them, studied about them, and draw them. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with tape repairs on verso. Produced with the assistance of the Free Library of Philadelphia, owner of the original manuscript and pictures. This is a printed trade edition of the original manuscript and pictures with all the cherished nursery rhymes included and all the whimsical details retained. However, even in the privately printed edition, which she published herself, she was obliged to sacrifice some eleven hundred words and in the Warne edition that followed, a thousand words were deleted. The Tailor of Gloucester, as originally written by Beatrix Potter, was three times as long as the small edition published by Frederick Warne and Company which her admirers know so well today, and she was reluctant to have its text cut or altered. ![]() THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTĪlmost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
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