Force of nature; Beatrix Potter.(Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature)(Book review)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: January 6, 2007 | Copyright information

A Hollywood film and a comprehensive new biography celebrate the spirited nature of the businesswoman and environmentalist who created Peter Rabbit

CHILDREN love Peter Rabbit for his epic naughtiness and lucky escapes, adults for the delicacy with which he is drawn. But one thing that few readers will know about is the vision and determination of his Victorian creator, Beatrix Potter.

Potter grew up, not in the countryside--the scene for so many of her stories about rabbits and squirrels, ducks and frogs--but in London. Her family made their money building the biggest ...

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