Beatrix Potter: a Journal

Penguin Young Readers

ISBN 10: 0723258058 / ISBN 13: 9780723258056

Published by Warne, NY/UK, 2006

About this Item

1st ed, 1st prt. Hardback, no DJ as issued. This lavish, illustrated journal describes Beatrix Potter?s life as a young woman in Victorian England as she struggles to achieve independence and to find artistic success and romantic love. Using witty, observant commentary taken from Beatrix?s own diaries, the journal features a wealth of watercolor paintings, sketches, photographs, letters and period memorabilia to recreate the world in which she lived.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beatrix Potter: a Journal
• Publisher: Warne, NY/UK
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0723258058
• ISBN 13: 9780723258056
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Potter, Beatrix
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

This lavish, illustrated journal describes Beatrix Potter's life as a young woman in Victorian Britain as she struggles to achieve independence and to find artistic success and romantic love. Using witty, observant commentary taken from Beatrix’s own diaries, the journal moves London to Scotland to the Lake District, and features a wealth of watercolour paintings, sketches, photographs, letters, paper-engineered items and period memorabilia to recreate a world where nature and imagination are brilliantly combined.

About the Author

Beatrix Potter (1866-1943). Her passion for the natural world lay behind the creation of her famous little books. A particular source of inspiration was the Lake District where she lived for the last thirty years of her life as a farmer and conservationist.