THE TALE OF THE PIE AND THE PATTY-PAN - The Tales of Peter Rabbit Book 07: The Tales of Peter Rabbit Book 07

By Beatrix Potter

The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan is a children's story written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. The story tells of a cat called Ribby and a tea party she holds for a dog called Duchess. Complications arise when Duchess tries to replace Ribby's mouse pie with her own veal and ham pie, and then believes she has swallowed a small tin pastry form called a patty-pan. Its themes are etiquette and social relations in a small town.

The illustrations depict the cottages and gardens of Sawrey, a village in the Lake District near Potter's Hill Top farm, and have been described as some of the most exquisite Potter ever produced. Ribby was modelled on a cat living in Sawrey, Duchess on two Pomeranians belonging to Potter's neighbour Mrs Rogerson, Tabitha Twitchit on Potter's cat at Hill Top, and Dr Maggoty on the magpies in the London Zoological Gardens.

Simple dwellings, rustic pathways, and stone fences inspired Potter’s imagination and enhance the tale's timeless aspect and suggest an unchanging countryside and its way of life.
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• Language: English
• Publisher: Abela Publishing
• Release date: Feb 12, 2018
• ISBN: 9788827568668

Beatrix Potter

Helen Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) was an English writer, illustrator, scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals. Written as a gift for the son of her former governess, The Tale of Peter Rabbit was published in 1901. Its success enabled her to commit to full-time writing and illustrating. Potter wrote about 30 books; the best known being her 24 children's tales.

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Tale of the Pie

and the Patty-Pan

Written and Illustrated By

Beatrix Potter

Author of The Tales Of Peter Rabbit, Etc.

Originally Published by

Frederick Warne & Co, Inc, London

[1905]

Resurrected by

Abela Publishing, London

[2018]

THE TALE OF THE PIE

AND THE PATTY-PAN

Typographical arrangement of this edition

© Abela Publishing 2018

This book may not be reproduced in its current format in any manner in any media, or transmitted by any means whatsoever, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, or mechanical ( including photocopy, file or video recording, internet web sites, blogs, wikis, or any other information storage and retrieval system) except as permitted by law without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Abela Publishing,

London

United Kingdom

2018

ISBN-13: 978-X-XXXXXX-XX-X

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In walks the little dog—says "Pussy are you there?

How do you do Mistress Pussy? Mistress Pussy, how do you do?"

"I thank you kindly, little dog. I fare as well