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    The Tailor of Gloucester
    The Tailor of Gloucester
    The Tailor of Gloucester
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    The Tailor of Gloucester

    By Beatrix Potter

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    In his absence, a tailor frees some mice that Simpkin, his cat, has imprisoned under teacups. Grateful for the rendered freedom will help the tailor to complete in time the waistcoat commissioned by the mayor for his wedding. Book illustrated with beautiful Potter's watercolors.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKitabu
    Release dateJun 26, 2014
    ISBN9788867443239
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    Beatrix Potter

    Helen Beatrix Potter was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist; she was best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

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      The Tailor of Gloucester - Beatrix Potter

      THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER

      ISBN 978-88-674-4323-9

      Series: RADICI

      © 2014 KITABU S.r.l.s.

      Via Cesare Cesariano 7 - 20154 Milano

      Thank you for choosing to read one of ours books.

      We wish you a good reading.

      Cover design: Rino Ruscio

      "I'll be at charges for a looking-glass;

      And entertain a score or two of tailors."

      Richard III

      My Dear Freda:

      Because you are fond of fairytales, and have been ill, I have made you a story all for yourself—a new one that nobody has read before.

      And the queerest thing about it is—that I heard it in Gloucestershire, and that it is true—at least about the tailor, the waistcoat, and the No more twist!

      Christmas 1901

      In the time of swords and peri wigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets—when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta—there lived a tailor in

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