Description: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White Published by Yearling Book / Dell Publishing Co., New York, 1972. First Dell Paperback Edition, Eighteenth Dell Printing. Softcover. Illustrated. Charlotte's Web is a book of children's literature by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams about a girl named Fern, a pig named Wilbur and a spider called Charlotte. Summary: Fern is horrified when she finds out that the runt of a litter of piglets is to be slaughtered. She rescues, nurtures the pig, and names him Wilbur but when Wilbur becomes a nice fat pig, Fern’s father sells him to another farm where Wilbur is fattened for bacon, only to be saved once again by a barn spider named Charlotte who makes Wilbur a prize pig ensuring his place on the farm forever. The book was a popular and critical success when it appeared in the fall of 1952. In a review in the New York Times (October 15, 1952) Eudora Welty praised White’s melding of the whimsical and the profound. “The book has liveliness and felicity, tenderness and unexpectedness, grace and humor and praise of life and the good backbone of succinctness that only the most highly imaginative stories seem to grow." Eudora Welty, The New York Times CONDITION: This book is in good condition. Book shows normal fairly minor signs of storage & age. Tight binding, clean text. The cover is scuffed, has small creases and edge wear. Pages have turned yellow from age. Edge tanning. Please see pictures. THE PICTURES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE REVIEW THEM FOR A BETTER IDEA OF CONDITION.
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Book Title: Charlotte's Web
Book Series: Yearling Book
Original Language: English
Vintage: Yes
Personalize: No
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Personalized: No
Features: Illustrated, First Dell Paperback Edition, Eighteenth Dell Printing, Newbery Honor Award Winner
Topic: Farm Animals, the circle of life, growing up, kindness, the great gift of finding a true friend, the profound impact we can have on each other’s lives, Animals, Farm Animals, Pigs, Insects, Spiders, Nature, Farm life, courage, self-sacrifice, friendship, sacrifice, empathy, life, death, mortality, passage of time
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: Yearling Book / Dell Publishing Co.
Inscribed: No
Intended Audience: Ages 9-12, Young Adults, Adults
Subject: Fiction
Edition: 1st Dell Paperback Ed, 18th Dell Printing
Publication Year: 1972
Type: Children's Novel
Era: 1970s
Illustrator: Garth Williams
Author: E. B. White (1899-1985)
Genre: Literature, Poetry & Criticism, Fiction, Children’s Literature, Children’s Fiction, Children & Young Adults, Animals & Pets, Novel, Children's Novel, Anthropomorphic literature, Antiquarian & Collectible, Fantasy, Fable, Animal Stories, American Literature
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
