The tale of a creative genius
Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature
Edited by Annemarie Bilclough (V&A Publishing, £30)
BEATRIX POTTER unleashed her creative genius in a sustained burst, as Shakespeare did. Hers ran from 1901 with , adapted for private publication from a letter to a five-year-old son of her friend and former governess Annie Moore, to in 1913. Again echoing Shakespeare, her comedies— , and the rest—preceded a run in 1906 and culminating in six years later. was her .
