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The World of Beatrix Potter evokes the fondest of childhood memories. Peter, Benjamin, Jemima, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, Mr. Jeremy Fisher and the gang are delightful Beatrix Potter figurines needing little introduction. Whether for a birthday gift or christening present, the World of Beatrix Potter provides the perfect solution. The enduring charm of Beatrix Potter's characters have ensured that her wonderful tales are as popular today as they were over a hundred years ago. The delightful characters that Beatrix Potter created are internationally recognised - after all, who hasn't grown up with Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit and his friends?
Beatrix Potter - A Biography
Beatrix Potter was born in 1866 and grew up living the conventionally sheltered life of a Victorian girl in a well-to-do household. Her only brother, Bertram, was six years younger, and when he was away at school, Beatrix Potter's constant companions were the pet animals she kept in the school room. She would watch them for hours, studying their behaviour and sketching them with great skill.
On the 4th September 1893, Beatrix Potter sent a 'picture letter' to Noel Moore - the sick son of her former governess - to cheer him up. "My dear Noel", Beatrix Potter wrote, "I don't know what to write to you, so I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits whose names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter"¦"
Eight years later, undeterred by numerous refusals from publishers, Beatrix Potter privately published an initial 250 copies of Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit™. It was an immediate success and Beatrix Potter had another 200 copies printed. By this point Frederick Warne was very interested in Beatrix Potter's work and agreed to publish her book commercially, with the provision that Beatrix Potter's illustrations appeared in colour, which Beatrix Potter duly undertook. A phenomenal 50,000 copies of the book had been sold by the end of 1903, and it has never been out of print since!
Beatrix Potter was bursting with ideas, and produced on average two books every year until 1910. The same year, Beatrix Potter bought her first property in the Lake District, Hill Top Farm in the village of Sawrey. After Norman Warne's death Beatrix Potter spent as much time as she could there.The farm and surrounding countryside began to appear in Beatrix Potter's stories, and some of her best-loved illustrations show Lakeland scenes that have remained unchanged to this day.
In 1913, at the age of forty-seven, Beatrix Potter married William Heelis, a local solicitor, and made Sawrey her permanent home. Writing and painting began to take second place to farming, sheep-breeding and buying stretches of the beautiful Lakeland countryside to ensure their conservation. For the last thirty years of her life, farming and the preservation of land were to become Beatrix Potter's main concerns, and when she died in 1943 she left over 4,000 acres of land and fifteen farms to the nation.
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When you shop online you can see quite a bit of discounting. This can be unsettling. Who's genuine? Who's hiding away hidden extras for packing or postage or insurance? We want you to be able to relax in the knowledge that when you buy from us, you're getting the best like-for-like price. So - here's the deal: We'll match the price of any authourised online UK stockist of our products (so Ebay auction sites are excluded). If you can find any item cheaper (including shipping costs - remember we don't charge a penny for postage in the UK), we'll match that price. The item must be new, unused and of best quality, in its original packaging and available for immediate sale. If you do see an item elsewhere that fulfills these conditions, telephone (01604 637596) or email us (PriceMatch@TheUKGiftCompany.co.uk) with the details of the other stockist. We'll then make our checks and, if the conditions above are fulfilled, we'll match the price.
