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Fae & Fairy FictionClassic FantasyFairy Tales & Folklore

The Tailor of Gloucester

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  • 1903 first published
  • 59 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (5 ratings)
  • 70 editions
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The Tailor of Gloucester is a 1903 fae fiction and classic fantasy novella by Beatrix Potter and H y Xiao Phd. The story is set in Gloucester. Key subjects include cats, christmas, ficción juvenil and Mice.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 24 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 70 editions across 5 languages. On Project Gutenberg it was downloaded 2,086 times in the last 30 days.

It runs to roughly 59 pages — about an hour of reading at an average pace. It is in the public domain in the United States and free to read on Project Gutenberg.

About The Tailor of Gloucester

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

Opening line

“IN THE TIME of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets - when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta - there lived a tailor in Gloucester.”

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • Gloucester

Subjects

  • Cats
  • Children's stories, English
  • Christmas
  • Christmas stories
  • Ficción juvenil
  • Mice
  • Ratones
  • Tailors
  • Children's fiction
  • Rabbits
  • Literature and fiction, juvenile
  • Picture books
  • Schneider
  • Hausmaus
  • Puss in Boots, Tale
  • Pictorial works

Quick answers

Who wrote The Tailor of Gloucester?

The Tailor of Gloucester was written by Beatrix Potter and H y Xiao Phd and first published in 1903.

What genre is The Tailor of Gloucester?

It is usually shelved as Fae & Fairy Fiction, Classic Fantasy and Fairy Tales & Folklore.

How long is The Tailor of Gloucester?

The median edition has 59 pages, about about an hour of reading at 250 words per minute.

Is The Tailor of Gloucester free to read?

Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

What books are similar to The Tailor of Gloucester?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Wind in the Willows, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass and Five Children and It.

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