POTTER, Beatrix.

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The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse. First edition, with the 'N' dropped from London on the title page. The tale is based on the Aesop fable "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" and is the most autobiographical of Potter's books. "Cobbled together in wartime, it reflects her deep understanding of animal nature, but its subtext is her own happiness as a 'country mouse'" (Lear, p. 294).

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