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Charlotte's Web

By: E. B. White
Narrated by: E. B. White, George Plimpton
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Publisher's summary

Since its publication in 1952, Charlotte's Web has become one of America's best-loved children's books. For fifty years, this timeless story of the pig named Wilbur and the wise spider named Charlotte who saved him has continued to warm the hearts of readers everywhere. Now this class, a 1953 Newbery Honor Book, comes to life in a delightful unabridged recording, read lovingly by the author himself.

Also included is a retrospective essay by noted scholar Peter F. Neumeyer, read by George Plimpton, that gives an additional overview of the development and publication of the novel and its creators.

The Charlotte's Web 50th Anniversary Retrospective Edition is a keepsake that listeners of all ages will cherish.

©1952, 1980 E.B. White (P)1970 E.B. White

Critic reviews

"The book has liveliness and felicity, tenderness and unexpectedness, grace and humor and praise of life...that only the most highly imaginative stories seem to grow." (Eudora Welty, The New York Times Book Review)

"White simply shares his story so intimately that adult listeners notice every nuance...For children the story of Wilbur and Charlotte will be sheer delight...White's story still has the power to mesmerize and teach us great lessons of friendship and life." (AudioFile)

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Nostalgic

This was one of my all time favorite childhood books! I loved the movie as well!

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Wilber the pig had a destiny!

I was in 3rd grade and Mr. Wiseman (his real name) read outloud "Charlotte's Web". For
twenty years whenever I needed an example of a good book: the best story ever, I always
said "Charlotte's Web". But by that time I had forgotton the plot and even the characters.
All I knew was how it made me feel. So around 30 I read it again afraid it would not meet
expectations. Of course it did and from that time on about every 5 years I would re-read it
and never be dissapointed and always find something new I had missed. I am sixty and
lately through Audible had "Charlotte's Web" read to me by Mr. Pimpton. Beyond the sheer compentency of his assignment, you can hear his delight in hearing the story one more time.

Wilber the pig had a destiny; left-overs. He had a future and it was short. Charlotte the
spider in defiance of that destiny used words in a web and changed everything forever.

RICHARD HARGIS

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THE BEST STORY EVER love it too much wowie wow wow

ALL WAS PERFECT LONG TOO and perfecto,yasssssss gasses gases yas. best story ever auto correct sorry

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Great Story!!!

My kids loved this classic. It truly is an amazing fun story!!! My kids are Elementary age and they have asked to listen to it multiple times. It’s such a classic and great light fun read.

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The first thing really like is how chloitt saves wibr.

I don’t know what to say about that but I think I have a lot of respect and I think it’s important that Wilbur saved by Charlotte.

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Have fun the characters are

I wish there was another book and it was a long book another three hours maybe

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What the heck is wrong with Audible?

If you could sum up Charlotte's Web in three words, what would they be?

Enchanting, delightful, engaging

Who was your favorite character and why?

Wilbur.

What didn’t you like about E.B. White and George Plimpton ’s performance?

E.B.White has a perfect voice for the story.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

:-) Pork the new white meat.

Any additional comments?

The performance of the audio books is atrocious! I have no idea why they removed the fast forward/backward and skip features on Audible. This makes replaying or skipping impossible. It's very frustrating!

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perfect

just as wonderful and emotional as when I first read it on my family farm

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Why did I wait so long?

I was captivated by this book from the beginning, the language is beautiful and the author, E.B. White, does a wonderful job narrating. I usually don't like books read by the author, but White brings his characters to life!

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Such a great book!

I read this book with my 4th grade class. We loved hearing the story of Wilbur and his friends. Although the book is about animals, it allowed us to talk in class about how all people are unique and different.

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