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Beatrix Potter

20 free books by Beatrix Potter. 20 you can read right here.

Born 1866 · Died 1943 in Near Sawrey

writer, novelist · United Kingdom

Notable works: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, The Tailor of Gloucester, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of Two Bad Mice

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Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes
Project Gutenberg ebook 23350 · Read here →
The Fairy Caravan
Project Gutenberg ebook 78504 · Read here →
The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter
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The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit
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The Story of Miss Moppet
Project Gutenberg ebook 14848 · Read here →
The Tailor of Gloucester
Project Gutenberg ebook 14868 · Read here →
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
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The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
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The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
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The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
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The Tale of Mr. Tod
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The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
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The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit
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The Tale of Samuel Whiskers; Or, The Roly-Poly Pudding
Project Gutenberg ebook 15575 · Read here →
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
Project Gutenberg ebook 14872 · Read here →
The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
Project Gutenberg ebook 14220 · Read here →
The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes
Project Gutenberg ebook 14797 · Read here →
The Tale of Tom Kitten
Project Gutenberg ebook 14837 · Read here →
The Tale of Two Bad Mice
Project Gutenberg ebook 45264 · Read here →

Short stories and shorter works by Beatrix Potter

The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit

From Project Gutenberg e-text #14838 (public domain in the USA).

'Now my dears,' said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, 'you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.'

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First he ate some lettuces and some French beans; and then he ate some radishes;

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