THE TALE OF MRS TIGGY-WINKLE: The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Friends book 6

Beatrix Potter

oct 2018 · The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Friends Libro 6 · Abela Publishing Ltd

Acerca de este libro electrónico

The Tale Of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle is a children's story written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter.

Mrs. Tiggy-winkle is a hedgehog washerwoman who lives in a tiny cottage in the fells of the Lake District. A child named Lucie happens upon the cottage and stays for tea. The two deliver freshly laundered clothing to the animals and birds in the neighbourhood. Potter thought the book would be best enjoyed by girls, and, like most girls' books of the period, it is set indoors with a focus on housework. Nevertheless the 14 colour illustrations and the setting make for an ideal children's story.

Potter's pet hedgehog, Mrs. Tiggy-winkle, and Kitty MacDonald, a Scottish washerwoman, were the inspirations for the eponymous heroine. Lucie Carr, a child friend of Potter's, was the model for the fictional Lucie. Potter's Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny make cameo appearances in the illustrations. The Newlands Valley and the surrounding fells are the sources for the backgrounds in the illustrations.

NOTE: Mrs. Tiggy-winkle has been described as one of Potter's most positive creations, but critics consider Lucie an artistic failure. Although Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle is set in an identifiable place and time period, the tale is mythologized by reaching back to an age when household chores were performed manually and without the aid of modern mechanical inventions. The simple dwellings, rustic pathways, and stone fences enhance the tale's timeless aspect and suggest an unchanging countryside and its way of life.
=============
KEYWORDS/TAGS: Beatrix Potter, children’s stories, lake district, England, bedtime stories, helpful, Tiggy-Winkle, hedgehog, porcupine, washerwoman, tiny, cottage, fells, Lucie, stay for tea, deliver, freshly laundered clothing, animals, birds, neighbourhood. girls, boys, indoors, housework, Kitty MacDonald, Scottish, inspiration, heroine, Lucie Carr, model, Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, cameo, Newlands Valley, background

Acerca del autor

Helen Beatrix Potter (1866 - 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Born into an upper-class household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children.