The Tailor of Gloucester (original 1903; edition 1987)

by Beatrix Potter

Series: Peter Rabbit (3)

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When the tailor becomes sick and cannot finish the waistcoat for the Mayor, the mice finish it for him.

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Title:	The Tailor of Gloucester
Authors:	Beatrix Potter
Info:	Frederick Warne Publishers Ltd (1987), Edition: New edition, Hardcover, 64 pages
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The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter (1903)

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archivomorero | Jun 28, 2022 |

When the tailor becomes sick and cannot finish the waistcoat for the Mayor, the mice finish it for him.

BLTSbraille | Oct 7, 2021 |

The Tailor of Gloucester threw me right back into childhood, because there was a Beatrix Potter movie I used to watch at my grandma's house which featured this story. It was wonderful reliving that by reading the book. (

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crimsonraider | Sep 2, 2021 |

Considered to be the perfect story in a very early portion of my childhood. Still adore the thing. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Beatrix Potter	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Huws, Emily	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Canonical title

The Tailor of Gloucester

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Original publication date

1903

People/Characters

The Tailor of Gloucester

Simpkin

Important places

Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Gloucestershire, England, UK

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Epigraph

Dedication

My Dear Freda,

   Because you are fond of fairy-
tales, and have been ill, I have
made you a story all for yourself
--a new one that nobody has read
before.
   And the queerest thing about it
is--that I heard it in Gloucester-
shire, and that it is true--at least
about the tailor, the waistcoat, and
the
             "No more twist!"

Christmas, 1991

First words

In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets - when gentleman wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta - there lived a tailor in Gloucester.

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