You can read it for free, along with a number of other stories in this list! 2. Have you ever heard the English expression, “Slow and steady wins the race”? This story is the basis for that common phrase. The hare laughs at the idea that a tortoise could run faster than him, but the race ends with a surprising result. The tortoise challenges the hare to a race. This classic fable (story) is about a very slow tortoise (turtle) and a speedy hare (rabbit).
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You don’t need to read an entire English book to learn. What if you could understand big ideas in English with just a little bit of text? Provenance: Noël Moore (ownership signature to half-title).By aromiekim and Dhritiman Ray Last updated:Īp34 English Short Stories with Big Ideas for Thoughtful English Learners Original gray boards, pictorial cover label, pictorial endpapers printed glassine dust jacket (chipped with losses at spine panel, some longer closed tears). Color frontispiece and 26 color plates by Beatrix Potter. It is likely that the Noël Moore copies which appear on the market (most notably in the collection of Doris Frohnsdorff sold in 1997) were assembled by Noël when he was a young man. For example, the V&A owns a copy of the privately printed first issue of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, describing it as “worn to state of loose sections only copy belonging to the Moore family, not inscribed” (V&A no. The Linder collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum contains a number of books owned by members of the Moore family however, none of these is identified as having been Noël’s. Noël Moore was the child for whom Beatrix Potter wrote Peter Rabbit. Moore copy in original glassine dust jacket. London: Frederick Warne, 1904.įirst edition, the No ë l C.
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