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Thirty years old and single, Beatrix Potter lives in London with her social-
climbing parents, who are exasperated that she has turned down any
number of eligible young men. Her only real friends are the animals which
since childhood she has lovingly drawn and made up stories about. She
finally succeeds in selling a book of the stories, and it becomes Norman
Warne`s first project. He quickly falls in love with both the book and Beatrix
and together they carefully arrange publication. This proves the first of many
successes, offering her the possibility of escaping from both her parents'
way of life and London.