Charlotte's Web

E. B. White · 1952 CE · Novel · Modern / American · Contemporary

Wilbur, a runt pig saved from the axe by a farmer's daughter, is sold down the road to a barn where the animals tell him what happens to spring pigs in winter. A gray spider in the doorway, Charlotte, says she will save him, and begins by writing a word into her web. Friendship, mortality, and the power of the right word.

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• influenced by ↑ The Wind in the Willows
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