beatrix potter: nineteen stories of peter rabbit & his friends

Beatrix potter's world of little animals and their adventures was the same one that fascinated her as a child. Born in london in 1866 into a welltodo family, her childhood was intensely lonely. There was little warmth expressed by her parents and relatives and no friendships with other children, except her brother bertram. But her isolation did not cause young beatrix to retreat into herself, Perhaps because on holidays in scotland, she and bertram were able to explore the mysteries and delights of the local farjs, woods and fields. They collected plants, animals and insects, unknown to their parents, they brought them home so they could draw and paint them.

Beatrix potter's love of nature. Coupled with a creative imagination, enabled her to produce Some of the most beloved stories in literature. But the stories are not sentimental ones of cute and precious little animals. They are lively tales of determind little creatures who have places to go and things to do.

Miss potter, however, did not enjoy the independence her characters did. She was tried to her parents until she was fortyseven, when she married william heelis. Even at that agd, she had to contend with the opposition of her parents.