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Margery Williams Bianco
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born
July 22, 1881
died
September 04, 1944
gender
female
place of birth
London, England, The United Kingdom
genre
Children's Books
influences
Walter de la Mare
about this author
Margery Williams Bianco was an English-American author, primarily of popular children's books. A professional writer since the age of nineteen, she achieved lasting fame at forty-one with the 1922 publication of the classic that is her best-known work, The Velveteen Rabbit.
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The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco avg rating 4.26 — 9,116 ratings — published 1922 148 editions |
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The Little Wooden Doll by Margery Williams Bianco avg rating 4.75 — 8 ratings — published 1967 2 editions |
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The Skin Horse (Star & Elephant Book) by Margery Williams Bianco avg rating 3.67 — 6 ratings — published 1978 |
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The hurdy-gurdy man (Gregg Press children's literature series) by Margery Williams Bianco avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1979 |
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Other Peoples Houses by Margery Williams Bianco avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2008 |
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The Easter Collection by Margery Williams Bianco, Amanda Stephens, Norman Bridwell avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2008 2 editions |
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Forward, Commando by Margery Williams Bianco avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings |
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Winterbound by Margery Williams Bianco avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1936 |
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Fairytales Carry Along Stories by Margery Williams Bianco, John Duncan avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2008 |
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Peeps At Great Cities - Paris by Margery Williams Bianco avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007 |
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"'Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.'
'Does it hurt?' asked the Rabbit.
'Sometimes,' said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. 'When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.'
'Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,' he asked, 'or bit by bit?'
'It doesn't happen all at once,' said the Skin Horse. 'You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.'"
— Margery Williams Bianco (The Velveteen Rabbit)
'Does it hurt?' asked the Rabbit.
'Sometimes,' said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. 'When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.'
'Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,' he asked, 'or bit by bit?'
'It doesn't happen all at once,' said the Skin Horse. 'You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.'"
— Margery Williams Bianco (The Velveteen Rabbit)
"Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."
— Margery Williams Bianco (The Velveteen Rabbit)
— Margery Williams Bianco (The Velveteen Rabbit)
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"He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter."
— Margery Williams Bianco (The Velveteen Rabbit)
— Margery Williams Bianco (The Velveteen Rabbit)
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