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Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997)
White, E B

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(1899-1985) US humorist and essayist whose longtime contributions to The New Yorker included the Talk of the Town column. His best-known fantasies are for children. Stuart Little (1945) is about a tiny child, the size of a mouse, who, after various adventures, goes in search of a bird whose life he had previously saved. The story is amusing, but ends abruptly, as if White tired of it or intended a sequel. Charlotte's Web (1952) explores further friendships between animals when a Spider saves a pig's life through the messages she weaves in her web. This was filmed as the animated movie Charlotte's Web (1973). The Trumpet of the Swan (1970) is a Fable about how a mute swan learns to trumpet and becomes a celebrity. [MA]

Elwyn Brooks White

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