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1866 -1943: The remarkable life of Beatrix Potter
Over the Hills and Faraway
What you need to know before your trail
Beatrix Potter is one of the world’s bestselling, most cherished authors. Inspired by her beloved twenty-three ‘tales’, Matthew Dennison takes a selection of quotations from Potter’s stories and uses them to explore her life and character. How she turned from a young girl with a love of animals and fairy tales into a bestselling author and canny businesswoman, so deeply unusual for the Victorian era in which she grew up.
Locations
Reset- England - The Lake District
- A: Beatrix Potters Cottage
- B: Wray Castle
- C: The World of Beatrix Potter Attraction
Travel Guide
Beatrix Potter’s Lake District
Helen Beatrix Potter, known as Beatrix, was born on 28 July 1866 to Rupert and Helen Potter in Kensington, London
She was always encouraged to draw, and she spent many hours sketching animals and plants around her. she never went to school but had an art teacher Miss Cameron, and a number of governesses, including Annie Moore, to whom she remained close throughout her life.
When Beatrix was sixteen, the family stayed at Wray Castle, overlooking Lake Windermere, and this is where she fell in love for this part of the world and for the countryside of the Lake District. The magic of Peter Rabbit was born!
Many years later, with revenue from the sales of her books, Beatrix Potter bought a farm – Hill Top – where she later became a farmer and prize-winning sheep breeder.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Over the Hills and Far Away: The Life of Beatrix Potter
Author/Guide: Matthew Dennison Destination: The Lake District, Beatrix Potter Country Departure Time: 1866 – 1943
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