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Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter: Book 8
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The latest in the Cottage Tales series-starring Miss Potter herself! It's the heart of summer in 1913, and Beatrix is eager to marry her fiancé, solicitor William Heelis. But there are a few obstacles blocking the happy couple's path to the altar, like the troubled remodeling of Castle... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Beatrix Potter: "is best known for her children's books, begining with The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1901) Miss Potter lives with her parents, Helen and Rupert Pitter, at Number Two Bolton Gardens, in South Kensington, London. She spends as much time as possible at Hill Top Parm, in the Lake District village of Near Sawrey. Mr. and Mrs. Jennings and their children live in the Hill Top farmhouse and manage the farm while Miss Potter is in London. Her Brother, Bertram Potter, occasionally visits Hill top.
- Will Heelis: A solicitor (lawyer) whom helped Miss Potter buy Hill Top Farm and other Lake District properties
- Hyacinth Badger: is in charge of the Brockery, a famous animal hostelry on Holly How , and holds the Badger Badge of Authority. She keeps the history of the creatures of Near and Far Sawrey.
- Bailey Badger: Brother to Hyacinth Badger. Bailey lives at Briar Bank, where he maintains an astonishing library. Thackeray, a well read guinea pig, lives there, too. Thorvaald, a teenaged dragon, frequently visits his bookish friends but spends much of his time on assignment for the Grand Assembly of Dragons.
- Professor Galileo Newton Owl, D.Phil., i: Is a tawny owl who conducts advanced studies in astronomy and applied natural history from his home in a hollow beech in Cuckoo Brow Wood.
First Sentence edit
Our story begins (as do many very good stories) once upon a time and far, far away, in the year of the Lord 793, in a monastery on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, at the eastern rim of the green and beautiful Britannia.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 8 of 8 in Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter. (standard series)
Preceded by The Tale of Oat Cake Crag.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Susan Wittig Albert (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9780425243503
Page Count: 303
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9780425243503
Page Count: 303
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3551.L2637T346 2011
- Dewey: 813.54
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