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Description
What the book is about is friendship on earth, affection and protection, adventure and miracle, life and death, trust and treachery, pleasure and pain, and the passing of time. As a piece of work it is just about perfect, and just about magical in the way it is done. -- Eudora Welty, the ... read more
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Cast of Characters/Important People
- Wilbur: One early spring morning Wilbur was born. He, the runt of the family was about to be killed, when Fern, the farmer's daughter plucked him out of the jaws of death. Wilbur is a friendly little pig and will do anything to have a friend when he moves to Fern's uncle's farm. There he meets Charlottle. Charlotte the spider.
First Sentence
"WHERE'S Papa going with that ax?"" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast."
Table of Contents
1. Before Breakfast
2. Wilbur
3. Escape
4. Loneliness
5. Charlotte
6. Summer Day's
7. Bad News
8. A Talk At Home
9. Wilbur's Boast
10. An Explosion
11. The Miracle
12. A Meeting
13. Good Progress
14. Dr. Dorian
15. The Crickets
16. Off To The Fair
17. Uncle
18. The Cool Of The Evening
19. The Egg Sac
20. The Hour Of Triumph
21. Last Day
22. A Warm Wind
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