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Beatrix Potter


Born
in Kensington, London, England, The United Kingdom
July 28, 1866

Died
December 22, 1943

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Genre
Children's


Helen Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, mycologist, and conservationist who is best known for her children's books, which featured animal characters such as Peter Rabbit.

Born into a wealthy household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets, and through holidays in Scotland and the Lake District, developed a love of landscape, flora, and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted. Because she was a woman, her parents discouraged intellectual development, but her study and paintings of fungi led her to be widely respected in the field of mycology.

In her thirties, Potter published the highly successful children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit and became secr ...more

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Average rating: 4.2 · 473,296 ratings · 10,499 reviews · 2,757 distinct works • Similar authors
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
4.22 avg rating — 246,370 ratings — published 1902 — 1654 editions
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The Complete Tales
4.36 avg rating — 65,511 ratings — published 1986 — 89 editions
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The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
4.22 avg rating — 16,644 ratings — published 1904 — 476 editions
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The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Wink...
4.17 avg rating — 16,643 ratings — published 1905 — 129 editions
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The Complete Adventures of ...
4.46 avg rating — 15,441 ratings — published 1982 — 22 editions
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The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
4.05 avg rating — 13,687 ratings — published 1908 — 340 editions
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The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
4.15 avg rating — 12,097 ratings — published 1906 — 274 editions
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The Tale of Tom Kitten (Pet...
4.08 avg rating — 9,380 ratings — published 1907 — 316 editions
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The Tale of Two Bad Mice
4.17 avg rating — 8,214 ratings — published 1904 — 202 editions
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The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
3.98 avg rating — 8,372 ratings — published 1903 — 17 editions
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Series by Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Peter Rabbit The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin The Tailor of Gloucester The Tale of Benjamin Bunny The Tale of Two Bad Mice The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle The Tale of the Pie and the...
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“There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.”
― Beatrix Potter
tags: writing
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“Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter. ”
― Beatrix Potter
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“I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.”
― Beatrix Potter
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Polls

June 2017 Short Story Poll

 
  71 votes, 23.1%

Night by Elie Wiesel, 120 pages, 1958
 
  59 votes, 19.2%

Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy, 57 pages, 1895
 
  47 votes, 15.3%

The Light Princess by George MacDonald, 110 pages, 1864
 
  24 votes, 7.8%

 
  23 votes, 7.5%

A Worn Path by Eudora Welty, 32 pages, 1941
 
  21 votes, 6.8%

 
  21 votes, 6.8%

 
  18 votes, 5.8%

Passing by Nella Larsen, 122 pages, 1929
 
  13 votes, 4.2%

 
  11 votes, 3.6%

308 total votes
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