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That naughty rabbit : Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit

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  • "This illustrated account describes the extraordinary publishing history of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" and the life of its famous creator, English author Beatrix Potter (1866-1943). The author describes the genesis, successive editions, translations and "merchandising side-shows" (dolls, etc.) connected with Potter's most successful book. Potter's book follows the mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit as he is chased about the garden of Mr. McGregor. The tale was written for five-year-old Noel Moore, son of Potter's former governess Annie Carter Moore, in 1893. It was revised and privately printed by Potter in 1901 after several publishers' rejections but was printed in a trade edition in 1902. The book was a success, and multiple reprints were issued in the years immediately following its debut. It has been translated into 36 languages and with 45 million copies sold it is one of the best-selling books of all time."
  • "First published privately by the author in 1901, Peter Rabbit was accepted for wider publication the following year, after the author was persuaded to redo the illustrations in color--and it has never been out of print since. Beatrix Potter's own story begins with a small girl's devotion to her pet rabbit and ends with her bequest of extensive areas of Britain's Lake District to the National Trust, land which she had bought with the royalties from "that naughty rabbit."--Publisher description."
  • "The Tale of Peter Rabbit is one of the best-selling, and best-loved, children's books of all time, and the story of how it came to be published -- and what's happened to the book in the 100 years since publication -- is fascinating. Judy Taylor, a leading authority on Potter, tells the story that begins with a small girl's devotion to her pet rabbit and ends with Beatrix Potter's bequest of extensive areas of England's Lake District. In between we see how the book began as a letter to the son of Potter's governess, look at its initial publication (paid for by Potter) in black-and-white, and follow Peter Rabbit's rise to the most famous rabbit in the world."

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  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"
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  • "History"
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  • "Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit : that naughty rabbit"
  • "That naughty rabbit : Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit"
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