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Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit Toys, Books & Dishes
Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit Story
Beatrix Potter grew up in London but the Potter family went to the Lake District every summer. As an adult, Beatrix Potter decided to live on her own farm in the Lake District called Sawry. Fortunately, Beatrix Potter was one of the first land conservationists. Beatrix Potter supported farming and she gave thousands of acres of land in the Lake Distict of England to the National Trust when she died. All those Beatrix Potter books made Miss Potter a fortune which she gave back to the Lake District commmunity she loved.
The Renee Zellweger movie, Miss Potter, inspired us read more about Beatrix Potter. In that process we found a charming fictional book based on Beatrix Potter's life called The Tale of Hilltop Farm. It was a best seller in England where Beatrix Potter is much loved. Here's the blurb from the book jacket:
"In this first of the Cottage Tales, animal lover and all-around good Samaritan Beatrix Potter, author of Peter Rabbit, is ready to help solve local mysteries. And with her entourage of animal friends, she sets out to win over the human hearts of Sawrey...
England, 1905. A Londoner -- a female Londoner-- has just bought a farm in rural Sawrey. The locals don't know what to make of Beatrix Potter. They've never heard of an unwed woman buying and running a farm. Some meet her with genuine warmth: others keep her at arm's length. Beatrix, recovering
from the death of her fiance. believes she can heal in the countryside, a quiet place to work on her children's stories. But when a villager dies unexpectedly, with allegations of foul play, Sawrey turns out to be anything but quiet..."
References:
How to visit Hilltop Farm Beatrix Potter's home in the Lake District of England.
Read more about the life of Beatrix Potter
Read more about the Beatrix Potter biographical movie Miss Potter
The Beatrix Potter Society in England is another group that preserves the Beatrix Potter legacy. |
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