The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14814.html.images 40 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14814.epub3.images 4.3 MB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14814.epub.images 4.3 MB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14814.epub.noimages 75 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14814.kf8.images 4.3 MB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14814.kindle.images 4.3 MB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14814.txt.utf-8 28 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14814/pg14814-h.zip 4.2 MB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943
Title The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
Credits E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Emmy, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck" by Beatrix Potter is a charming children's story written in the early 20th century. This work falls within the genre of children's literature and features delightful illustrations alongside its narrative. The story revolves around the themes of self-determination and the desire for independence as Jemima Puddle-Duck seeks to hatch her own eggs away from the interference of the farmer's wife. The narrative follows Jemima, a determined duck who is frustrated by the farmer's wife’s refusal to let her tend to her own eggs. Defying this, she wanders into the woods, where she encounters a seemingly charming gentleman with sandy whiskers—a sly fox in disguise. As Jemima builds her nest at his urging, she is unwittingly led into danger. Despite some initial excitement, Jemima ultimately learns a harsh lesson about trust and naivety when her eggs are devoured by puppies. Ultimately, while she manages to lay more eggs later, the experience leaves her reflective and somewhat traumatized, presenting a moral about the perils of being too gullible. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject Dogs -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Foxes -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Domestic animals -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Ducks -- Juvenile fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 14814
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Dec 19, 2020
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 528 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!