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E. B. White (1899–1985)

Autor(a) de Charlotte's Web

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About the Author

Born in Mount Vernon, New York, E. B. White was educated at Cornell University and served as a private in World War I. After several years as a journalist, he joined the staff of the New Yorker, then in its infancy. For 11 years he wrote most of the "Talk of the Town" columns, and it was White and mostrar mais James Thurber who can be credited with setting the style and attitude of the magazine. In 1938 he retired to a saltwater farm in Maine, where he wrote essays regularly for Harper's Magazine under the title "One Man's Meat." Like Thoreau, White preferred the woods; he also resembled Thoreau in his impatience and indignation. White received several prizes: in 1960, the gold medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters; in 1963, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award (he was honored along with Thornton Wilder and Edmund Wilson); and in 1978, a special Pulitzer Prize. His verse is original and witty but with serious undertones. His friend James Thurber described him as "a poet who loves to live half-hidden from the eye." Three of his books have become children's classics: Stuart Little (1945), about a mouse born into a human family, Charlotte's Web (1952), about a spider who befriends a lonely pig, and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). Among his best-known and most widely used books is The Elements of Style (1959), a guide to grammar and rhetoric based on a text written by one of his professors at Cornell, William Strunk, which White revised and expanded. White was married to Katherine Angell, the first fiction editor of the New Yorker. (Bowker Author Biography) Elwyn Brooks White was born on July 11, 1899, in Mt. Vernon, New York. After graduating from Cornell University, he worked briefly for an advertising agency and as a newspaper reporter before joining the staff of The New Yorker magazine in 1927. As a columnist for The New Yorker and a contributor to Harper's Magazine, White established a reputation as a prose stylist of exceptional elegance, clarity and wit. His interests, as reflected in his writing, were numerous and varied; his essays touched on such wide-ranging subjects as politics, farm animals, and life in New York City. White married Katharine S. Angell in 1929. They had one son, and in 1957 the family left New York for a farm in North Brookline, Maine. Writings from The New Yorker, 1927-1976 is a compilation of columns and essays produced during White's long relationship with the magazine. One Man's Meat, published in 1942, is a collection of his writings for Harper's. White adapted a short guide to English grammar and usage, The Elements of Style, from a college text written by one of his professors at Cornell, William Strunk Jr. It has sold millions of copies since it was first published in 1959 and has become a cherished resource for guidance in writing. White also co-authored Is Sex Necessary? with the humorist James Thurber, a fellow staff member at The New Yorker. E.B. White died on October 1, 1985 after succumbing to Alzheimer's. His diverse legacy also includes three children's books: Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, and The Trumpet of the Swan. In 1970 the American Library Association presented White the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award in recognition of his "substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children." He was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 and received a special Pulitzer Prize citation for his body of work in 1970. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Obras por E. B. White

Charlotte's Web (1952) 35,951 exemplares
The Elements of Style (1959) 19,800 exemplares
Stuart Little (1945) 14,702 exemplares
The Trumpet of the Swan (1970) 11,504 exemplares
The Elements of Style Illustrated (2005) 1,677 exemplares
Essays of E.B. White (1977) 1,502 exemplares
Here is New York (1949) 1,025 exemplares
One Man's Meat (1942) 824 exemplares
Letters of E. B. White (1976) 488 exemplares
Onward and Upward in the Garden (1979) — Editor; Introdução — 480 exemplares
The Second Tree from the Corner (1954) 443 exemplares
A Subtreasury of American Humor (1941) — Editor — 276 exemplares
Poems and Sketches of E. B. White (1981) 274 exemplares
The Annotated Charlotte's Web (1750) 143 exemplares
On Democracy (2019) 81 exemplares
Charlotte's Web / Stuart Little (1957) — Autor — 43 exemplares
An E. B. White Reader (1966) 27 exemplares
Notes on Our Times (2007) 15 exemplares
Letters and Essays of E.B. White (1979) 12 exemplares
On Kawara (2018) 11 exemplares
The Moon 1968-1972 (2016) 9 exemplares
A Porta 8 exemplares
Death of a Pig 6 exemplares
Once More to the Lake (2011) 4 exemplares
Stuart Little 3 exemplares
Every Day is Saturday (1934) 3 exemplares
Reading room 3 exemplares
La trompeta del cigne (2016) 1 exemplar
ORUMCEK AGI 1 exemplar
Panza Charlottei 1 exemplar
No Dummy 1 exemplar
Charlotte koob võrku (2023) 1 exemplar
Irtnog 1 exemplar
The geese 1 exemplar
Tela Di Carlotta 1 exemplar
Qui New York 1 exemplar
Charlottes tryllevev (2006) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2000) — Contribuidor — 1,552 exemplares
The Art of the Personal Essay (1994) — Contribuidor — 1,371 exemplares
50 Great Short Stories (1952) — Contribuidor — 1,242 exemplares
The Best American Essays of the Century (2000) — Contribuidor — 774 exemplares
Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker (2001) — Contribuidor — 706 exemplares
The World of the Short Story: A 20th Century Collection (1986) — Contribuidor — 461 exemplares
American Gothic Tales (1996) — Contribuidor — 457 exemplares
Charlotte's Web [1973 film] (1973) — Original book — 452 exemplares
Reporting World War II Part One : American Journalism, 1938-1944 (1995) — Contribuidor — 437 exemplares
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow (1952) — Contribuidor — 435 exemplares
Fifty Great American Short Stories (1965) — Contribuidor — 430 exemplares
American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau (2008) — Contribuidor — 414 exemplares
Charlotte's Web [2006 film] (2006) — Original Story — 412 exemplares
Reporting World War II Part Two : American Journalism 1944-1946 (1995) — Contribuidor — 388 exemplares
The Lives and Times of Archy and Mehitabel (1916) — Introdução, algumas edições367 exemplares
Wonderful Town: New York Stories from The New Yorker (2000) — Contribuidor — 354 exemplares
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume 2 (1959) — Contribuidor — 316 exemplares
75 Short Masterpieces: Stories from the World's Literature (1961) — Contribuidor — 296 exemplares
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction [2-volume set] (1959) — Contribuidor — 292 exemplares
The Best of Modern Humor (1983) — Contribuidor — 291 exemplares
The 40s: The Story of a Decade (2014) — Contribuidor — 275 exemplares
Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (1998) — Contribuidor — 275 exemplares
It's Great To Be Eight (1997) — Contribuidor — 263 exemplares
Stuart Little [1999 film] (1999) — Original book — 259 exemplares
Russell Baker's Book of American Humor (1993) — Contribuidor — 207 exemplares
Short Stories from The New Yorker, 1925 to 1940 (1940) — Contribuidor — 201 exemplares
This Is My Best (1942) — Contribuidor — 186 exemplares
Eight Modern Essayists (1980)algumas edições177 exemplares
Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic (1990) — Contribuidor — 152 exemplares
The Fireside Book of Dog Stories (1943) — Contribuidor — 143 exemplares
The Norton Book of Personal Essays (1997) — Contribuidor — 142 exemplares
American Wits: An Anthology of Light Verse (2003) — Contribuidor — 134 exemplares
The Big New Yorker Book of Cats (2013) — Contribuidor — 131 exemplares
The Owl in the Attic and Other Perplexities (1931) — Introdução, algumas edições106 exemplares
Winter: A Spiritual Biography of the Season (1986) — Contribuidor — 103 exemplares
The Trumpet of the Swan [2001 film] (2000) — Original book — 95 exemplares
Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement (2001) — Contribuidor — 90 exemplares
55 Short Stories from The New Yorker, 1940 to 1950 (1949) — Contribuidor — 60 exemplares
Best in Children's Books 10A (1963) 59 exemplares
Autumn: A Spiritual Biography of the Season (2004) — Contribuidor — 57 exemplares
Reading for Pleasure (1957) — Contribuidor — 51 exemplares
Charlotte's Web: A Full-Length Play (1983) — Original book — 48 exemplares
The Bedside Tales: A Gay Collection (1945) — Contribuidor — 45 exemplares
Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure [2003 film] (2003) — Original Story — 44 exemplares
A Quarto of Modern Literature (1935) — Contribuidor — 39 exemplares
In Search of the Simple Life: American Voices, Past and Present (1986) — Contribuidor — 35 exemplares
Stories for Men (1938) — Contribuidor — 34 exemplares
The War: Stories of Life and Death from World War II (1999) — Contribuidor — 31 exemplares
A Book of Essays (1963) — Contribuidor — 26 exemplares
The Best of Both Worlds: An Anthology of Stories for All Ages (1968) — Contribuidor — 25 exemplares
The Looking Glass Book of Stories (1960) — Contribuidor — 21 exemplares
The Complete Stuart Little (3 Disc Box Set) (1999) — Writer — 14 exemplares
The Panorama of Modern Literature (1934) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares
Favorite Animal Stories (1987) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Tales for Males (1945) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Wide-Angle Lens: Stories of Time and Space (1980) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
British and American Essays, 1905-1956 (1959) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
The bear went over the mountain (1964) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
The Fireside Treasury of Modern Humor (1963) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
Furrow's End: An Anthology of Great Farm Stories — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
The Ethnic Image in Modern American Literature, 1900-1950 (1984) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Contos Dramáticos — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar

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Thornwillow Charlotte’s Web em Fine Press Forum (Outubro 2023)
October 2015: E.B. White em Monthly Author Reads (Dezembro 2017)

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Like the rest of his family, Louis is a trumpeter swan. But unlike his four brothers and sisters, Louis can't trumpet joyfully. In fact, he can't even make a sound. And since he can't trumpet his love, the beautiful swan Serena pays absolutely no attention to him.

Louis tries everything he can think of to win Serena's affection--he even goes to school to learn to read and write. But nothing seems to work. Then his father steals him a real brass trumpet. Is a musical instrument the key to winning Louis his love?… (mais)
 
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Maira Kalman Illustrator
Roger Angell Foreword, Introduction
Robin Miles Narrator
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January LaVoy Narrator
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Estatísticas

Obras
95
Also by
72
Membros
93,094
Popularidade
#100
Avaliação
4.1
Críticas
1,587
ISBN
663
Línguas
22
Marcado como favorito
91

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