Charlotte’s Web

Charlotte’s Web
Garth Williams

E. B. White

The much-loved children’s classic by E.B. White, available in eBook for the very first time!‘Some Pig’. ‘Humble’. ‘Radiant’. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high up in Zuckerman's barn. Charlotte's spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur's life when he was born the runt of his litter.E. B. White's Newbery Honor Book is a tender novel of friendship, love, life, and death that will continue to be enjoyed by generations to come.

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This ebook edition first published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2015

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Charlotte’s Web

Text copyright © E.B. White, 1952

Text copyright © renewed 1980 by E.B. White

Illustration copyright © renewed 1980 by the Estate of Garth Williams

Colourisations copyright © 1999 by the Estate of Garth Williams

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Ebook Edition © MARCH 2015 ISBN: 9780008139414

Version: 2015-03-05

Contents

Cover (#u176a5612-baad-5b5c-8ec0-65368ef0d57a)

Title Page (#u53069ad5-6ca9-5db0-b58b-e7203b84bb6d)

Copyright (#ulink_9e16166e-2889-5645-8bef-01fd5ff999a9)

1. Before Breakfast (#ulink_00b9af8e-e4da-5ae5-8524-a80e5e2f40d8)

2. Wilbur (#ulink_31a77646-3235-5a17-8a92-f8388c6a46e7)

3. Escape (#ulink_143c99f5-dab7-5ab2-97f3-abb72a62edf5)

4. Loneliness (#ulink_f5194299-570f-502a-9708-d5bf541e09cb)

5. Charlotte (#ulink_cd05e762-e0dc-5b91-960f-288a612e01bb)

6. Summer Days (#ulink_b9a37d4f-07c3-5253-80a6-8f7399217bc9)

7. Bad News (#litres_trial_promo)

8. A Talk at Home (#litres_trial_promo)

9. Wilbur’s Boast (#litres_trial_promo)

10. An Explosion (#litres_trial_promo)

11. The Miracle (#litres_trial_promo)

12. A Meeting (#litres_trial_promo)

13. Good Progress (#litres_trial_promo)

14. Dr Dorian (#litres_trial_promo)

15. The Crickets (#litres_trial_promo)

16. Off to the Fair (#litres_trial_promo)

17. Uncle (#litres_trial_promo)

18. The Cool of the Evening (#litres_trial_promo)

19. The Egg Sac (#litres_trial_promo)

20. The Hour of Triumph (#litres_trial_promo)

21. Last Day (#litres_trial_promo)

22. A Warm Wind (#litres_trial_promo)

Keep Reading (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Illustrator (#litres_trial_promo)

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About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

1. Before Breakfast (#ulink_6fbebafd-a97e-5213-ab37-f9bf01798e70)

‘WHERE’S Papa going with that axe?’ said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.