Beatrix Potter Lib/E: A Life in Nature
Beatrix Potter Lib/E: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear is an unabridged biography published by Tantor Audio on July 16, 2019. This edition presents a detailed portrait of Beatrix Potter, the renowned author of beloved children’s books, who found inspiration in the natural world around her. The narrative explores her journey from a conventional Victorian upbringing to becoming a visionary landowner and successful farmer in the English Lake District, highlighting her artistic endeavors and personal challenges.
Readers will discover how Potter’s love for nature influenced her work and life, particularly following the tragic loss of her fiancé, Norman Warne. The biography delves into her contributions as a scientific illustrator and her efforts to preserve the landscape that inspired her art. With themes related to women’s studies and community culture, this work offers insights into the life of a passionate woman whose legacy continues to resonate in literature and environmental conservation.
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In this now classic biography, Linda Lear offers the astonishing portrait of an extraordinary woman who gave us some of the most beloved children’s books of all time. Beatrix Potter found freedom from her conventional Victorian upbringing in the countryside. Nature inspired her imagination as an artist and scientific illustrator, but
The Tale of Peter Rabbit brought her fame, financial success, and the promise of happiness when she fell in love with her editor, Norman Warne. After his tragic and untimely death, Potter embraced a new life as the owner of Hill Top Farm in the English Lake District and a second chance at happiness. As a visionary landowner and a successful farmer and sheep-breeder, she was able to preserve the landscape that had inspired her art.
Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature reveals a lively, independent, and passionate woman, whose art was timeless, and whose generosity left an indelible imprint on the countryside.
About the Author
An environmental historian and biographer, Linda Lear is the author of the prizewinning study Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature. A natural history enthusiast and a collector of botanical art, she and her husband tend gardens in Bethesda, Maryland, and Charleston, South Carolina.
James Rebanks is the author of The Shepherd’s Life. He is the Herdwick Shepherd, whose account of shepherding has a strong following on Twitter. His family has farmed in the same area for six hundred years.
Anne Flosnik, a seasoned audiobook narrator, has over four hundred titles to her credit and several awards and distinctions, including AudioFile Earphones Awards, a USA Today Recommended Listening selection, an AudioFile “Best Narration of the Year” selection in 2009, and the American Library Association’s Special Services to Children Award. She has also been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. She is an award-winning British actress with lead credits on stage, on television, and in commercials and voice-overs.
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