A woman in a man's world!
Finally I got a book that I waited a long time ... I have not to ncora bed, but I could not resist writing a post about this writer, however, that I like very much.
is not Scottish but the long periods spent in the beautiful Perthshire countryside undoubtedly influenced in part its nice animal tales ...
is not Scottish but the long periods spent in the beautiful Perthshire countryside undoubtedly influenced in part its nice animal tales ...
many of you ... will know ...
Beatrix Potter (1866-1941), English writer and illustrator
I admire those who fight for their rights ... against all, if necessary. Miss Potter was one of those. Born in London in the second half of the 800 in a middle class family very conservative, was not allowed to continue their studies, because in those years, for women, it was important to know the label, how to run the house ...
But Miss Potter was not totally agree ... she wanted to write great ... and thanks to its great determination he succeeded!
Beatrix, 15, with his dog Spot
was raised by a Scottish housekeeper, who filled his head with stories of fairies, goblins and witches , and because she was not allowed to attend her friends, spent most of his time with his pets, painting and inventing stories about them.
He enjoyed so much freedom only during the long summer holidays spent in Scotland with his family until the age of 16 years. In these months of freedom and carefree learned to know and depict animals and nature, and certainly drew inspiration from these places for some of his stories, in which small players his clothes, they combine all the colors.
His most famous character is Peter Rabbit , "Peter Rabbit", one of his closest playmates. This story comes in the form of private letter, written by her in 1893 while on holiday in Scotland, and sent to the sick son of his housekeeper.
This spurred the same housekeeper for its publication as a book, which she did, several years later, also underwritten the costs of the first edition of 250 copies, as his book did not interest any publisher. Then through some accidental circumstances managed to find a publisher willing to publish it and from there began his career as a writer. It was 1902. After the first story, followed by others 22.
Most of his characters are inspired by her pets ... rabbits, hedgehogs, mice, lizards, frogs, bats etc.. Others are inspired by "people" known to her ... like that of Mrs. Tiggywinkle, inspired by a washerwoman of Dalguise House, the estate where he lived when he visited Scotland.
Miss Tiggywinkle
He fell in love, reciprocated, its publisher ... but her parents opposed fortemente a questa sua relazione con un uomo che "lavorasse"... loro erano ereditieri... e allora Beatrix accolse un loro ultimatum, nel quale accettò di allontanarsi da lui per un periodo di prova, e una volta rientrata a Londra, se fosse stata ancora innamorata, poteva a quel punto sposarsi con tutta la loro benedizione. La sfortuna volle che lui si ammalò durante questa sua assenza e purtroppo morì...
Dopo aver superato questo periodo difficile, e grazie ai soldi guadagnati con la vendita dei suoi libri, lasciò gli agi della sfarzosa dimora di famiglia a Londra e si stabilì in un delizioso cottage, "Hill Top" nel Lake District. Qui, per i next 30 years, in addition to writing, he fought for the preservation of nature, buy countless land (less than 14 farms and 4000 acres of land) that have risked falling into the hands of unscrupulous manufacturers ... then that land bequeathed to the National Trust, an organization that is dedicated to the supervision of cultural and environmental heritage of Britain.
addition to managing its properties, it became a 'clever Herdwick sheep, award-winning exhibitions and the first woman to be appointed president of the Herdwick Sheep Breeders . He also performed as competition judge at various events farm, and became an expert in mycology (Study of fungi), his passion since his youth, and discover important innovations with regard to lichens.
Dopo aver superato questo periodo difficile, e grazie ai soldi guadagnati con la vendita dei suoi libri, lasciò gli agi della sfarzosa dimora di famiglia a Londra e si stabilì in un delizioso cottage, "Hill Top" nel Lake District. Qui, per i next 30 years, in addition to writing, he fought for the preservation of nature, buy countless land (less than 14 farms and 4000 acres of land) that have risked falling into the hands of unscrupulous manufacturers ... then that land bequeathed to the National Trust, an organization that is dedicated to the supervision of cultural and environmental heritage of Britain.
addition to managing its properties, it became a 'clever Herdwick sheep, award-winning exhibitions and the first woman to be appointed president of the Herdwick Sheep Breeders . He also performed as competition judge at various events farm, and became an expert in mycology (Study of fungi), his passion since his youth, and discover important innovations with regard to lichens.
So in an era when women's role was to carry out tasks inside the house, especially women, Beatrix Potter has broken all the rules, failing to break into a masculine world, and earning more widely respect and admiration of men!
His stories are aimed at young readers, but also very much like the great ... simple story that inspired you to think.
Peter Rabbit has been translated into 35 languages, with more than 150 million copies sold!
... and if you do not know already, I highly recommend see the movie inspired her ... simply charming! ... c on Renée Zellweger (actress in the role of Beatrix Potter), Ewan McGregor ( Scotland, in the publisher) , Patricia Kerrigan (Scottish governess) and Emily Watson (English, her friend). Set in England and Scotland. The story is partly fictional, but it's definitely worth it ...
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