The Tale of Pigling Bland

Beatrix Potter

F. Warne, 1913 - Juvenile Fiction - 93 pages

Lost on the way to town, Pigling Bland is taken in by a farmer who has already stolen another pig for food, but the two of them escape into the next county where they are safe.

About the author

(Helen) Beatrix Potter, 1866 - 1943 (Helen) Beatrix Potter was born in 1866 in London where she was privately educated. During most of her adult life, she lived in a farm cottage in Sawrey, Westmoreland County. She was unsuccessful in trying to publish her serious botanical work, watercolor studies of fungi, but she wrote and privately published "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" for an invalid child in 1900. This story became a children's classic throughout the world. Other animal characters created by her include, Benjamin Bunny, Jemima Puddle-Duck, and Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. Her tales are illustrated by her own hand in delicate and detailed watercolor pictures depicting her characters. Potter's other works include "The Tailor of Gloucester" published in 1902 and "The Tale of Tom Kitten" published in 1907. At her death in 1943, she bequeathed her property in Sawrey to the National Trust, which also maintains her home as a museum.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Tale of Pigling Bland; Original Peter Rabbit books, Beatrix Potter; Issue 15 of Peter Rabbit books, Beatrix Potter; Potter 23 Tales Series
• Author: Beatrix Potter
• Illustrated by: Beatrix Potter
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: F. Warne, 1913
• Original from: the New York Public Library
• Digitized: Nov 11, 2008
• ISBN: 0723206066, 9780723206064
• Length: 93 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Pigs