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'''''Charlotte's Web''''' is a [[children's literature|children's book]] by acclaimed American author [[E. B. White]]. First published in 1952, it tells the story of a [[barn spider]] named Charlotte and her friendship with a [[pig]] named Wilbur. The book was illustrated by [[Garth Williams]].
'''''Charlotte's Web''''' is a [[children's literature|children's book]] by acclaimed American author [[E. B. White]]. First published in 1952, it tells the story of a [[barn spider]] named Charlotte and her friendship with a [[pig]] named Wilbur. The book was illustrated by [[Garth Williams]]. ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' listed the book as the best-selling children's paperback of all time as of 2000.<ref>http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0203050.html</ref>
Written in White's dry, low-key manner, Charlotte's Web is considered a classic of children's literature, enjoyable to adults as well as children. The description of the experience of swinging on a rope swing at the farm is an often cited example of rhythm in writing, as the pace of the sentences reflects the motion of the swing.

''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' listed the book as the best-selling children's paperback of all time as of 2000.<ref>http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0203050.html</ref>


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
This book begins when John Arable's sow gives birth to a litter of piglets, and Mr. Arable discovers one of them is a [[wiktionary:runt|runt]] and decides to kill it. However, his 8 year old daughter Fern begs him to let it live. Therefore her father gives it to Fern as a pet, and she names the piglet Wilbur. Wilbur is hyperactive and always exploring new things. He lives with Fern for a few weeks and then is sold to her uncle, Homer Zuckerman. Although Fern visits him at the Zuckermans' farm as often as she can, Wilbur gets lonelier day after day. Eventually, a warm and soothing voice tells him that she is going to be his friend. The next day, he wakes up and meets his new friend: Charlotte, the gray spider. Wilbur soon becomes a member of the community of animals who live in the cellar of Zuckerman's barn. When the old sheep in the barn cellar tells Wilbur that he is going to be killed and eaten at Christmas, he turns to Charlotte for help. Charlotte has the idea of writing words in her web extolling Wilbur's excellence (such as "some pig "), reasoning that if she can make Wilbur sufficiently famous, he will not be killed. Thanks to Charlotte's efforts, Wilbur not only lives, but goes to the county fair--with Charlotte--and wins a prize. Due to the short lifespan of spiders, Charlotte dies at the fair. Wilbur repays Charlotte by bringing home with him the sac of eggs (her "[[magnum opus]]") she had laid at the fair before dying. When Charlotte's eggs hatch at Zuckerman's farm and most of Charlotte's daughters leave to make their own lives elsewhere, three (Nellie, Aranea and Joy) remain there as friends to Wilbur.
This book begins when John Arable's sow gives birth to a litter of piglets, and Mr. Arable discovers one of them is a [[wiktionary:runt|runt]] and decides to kill it. However, his 8 year old daughter Fern begs him to let it live. Therefore her father gives it to Fern as a pet, and she names the piglet Wilbur.

Wilbur is hyperactive and always exploring new things. He lives with Fern for a few weeks and then is sold to her uncle, Homer Zuckerman. Although Fern visits him at the Zuckermans' farm as often as she can, Wilbur gets lonelier day after day. Eventually, a warm and soothing voice tells him that she is going to be his friend. The next day, he wakes up and meets his new friend: Charlotte, the gray spider. Wilbur soon becomes a member of the community of animals who live in the cellar of Zuckerman's barn.

When the old sheep in the barn cellar tells Wilbur that he is going to be killed and eaten at Christmas, he turns to Charlotte for help. Charlotte has the idea of writing words in her web extolling Wilbur's excellence (such as "some pig "), reasoning that if she can make Wilbur sufficiently famous, he will not be killed. Thanks to Charlotte's efforts, Wilbur not only lives, but goes to the county fair--with Charlotte--and wins a prize.

Due to the short lifespan of spiders, Charlotte dies at the fair. Wilbur repays Charlotte by bringing home with him the sac of eggs (her "[[magnum opus]]") she had laid at the fair before dying. When Charlotte's eggs hatch at Zuckerman's farm and most of Charlotte's daughters leave to make their own lives elsewhere, three (Nellie, Aranea and Joy) remain there as friends to Wilbur.

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==Sales and recognition==
It was generally well-reviewed when it was released. In the New York Times, [[Eudora Welty]] wrote, "As a piece of work it is just about perfect, and just about magical in the way it is done."<ref name=weltynyt>[http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/11/22/specials/welty-charlotte.html New York Times, October 19, 1952]</ref>

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Aside from its paperback sales, ''Charlotte's Web'' is 78th on the all-time bestselling hardback book list. According to publicity for the 2006 film adaptation (see below), the book has sold more than 45 million copies and been translated into 23 languages. It was a [[Newbery Honor]]s book for 1953, losing to ''[[Secret of the Andes]]'' by [[Ann Nolan Clark]] for the [[Newbery Medal|medal]].


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== Sales and recognition ==
In 1970, White won the [[Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal]], a major prize in the field of children's literature, for ''Charlotte's Web'', along with his first children's book, ''[[Stuart Little]]'', published in 1945.
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Charlotte's Web was generally well-reviewed when it was released. In the New York Times, [[Eudora Welty]] wrote, "As a piece of work it is just about perfect, and just about magical in the way it is done."<ref name=weltynyt>[http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/11/22/specials/welty-charlotte.html New York Times, October 19, 1952]</ref> Aside from its paperback sales, ''Charlotte's Web'' is 78th on the all-time bestselling hardback book list. According to publicity for the 2006 film adaptation (see below), the book has sold more than 45 million copies and been translated into 23 languages. It was a [[Newbery Honor]]s book for 1953, losing to ''[[Secret of the Andes]]'' by [[Ann Nolan Clark]] for the [[Newbery Medal|medal]]. In 1970, White won the [[Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal]], a major prize in the field of children's literature, for ''Charlotte's Web'', along with his first children's book, ''[[Stuart Little]]'', published in 1945.


==Film adaptations==
== Film adaptations ==
===1973 version===
=== 1973 version ===
{{main|Charlotte's Web (1973 film)}}
{{main|Charlotte's Web (1973 film)}}
The book was adapted into an [[animated feature]] by [[Hanna-Barbera Productions]] and Sagittarius Productions in 1973 with a song score by the [[Sherman Brothers]].


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==== 2003 sequel ====
The book was adapted into an [[animated feature]] by [[Hanna-Barbera Productions]] and Sagittarius Productions in 1973. The film, distributed to theatres by [[Paramount Pictures]] on March 1, 1973, is the first of only three Hanna-Barbera features not based upon one of their famous [[television]] [[cartoon]]s &mdash;''[[Heidi's Song]]'' ([[1982 in film|1982]]) and ''[[Once Upon a Forest]]'' ([[1993 in film|1993]]) being the other two&mdash;and was a moderate critical and commercial success.The animated version was a [[musical film]] with lyrics and music by [[Sherman Brothers|the Sherman Brothers]], who had previously been responsible for the music in the family films like [[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|The Jungle Book]] (1967) and ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (film)|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'', (1968).

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====2003 sequel====
{{main|Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure}}
{{main|Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure}}

This is the sequel to the 1973 film, released [[direct-to-video]] by [[Paramount Pictures]].
This is the sequel to the 1973 film, released [[direct-to-video]] by [[Paramount Pictures]].


===2006 version===
=== 2006 version ===
{{main|Charlotte's Web (2006 film)}}
{{main|Charlotte's Web (2006 film)}}
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[[Paramount Pictures]], with [[Walden Media]], Kerner Entertainment Company, and [[Nickelodeon Movies]], produced a live-action/animated film starring [[Dakota Fanning]] as Fern and the voice of [[Julia Roberts]] as Charlotte, released on December 15, 2006.


== Printed editions and ISBN numbers ==
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[[Paramount Pictures]], with [[Walden Media]], [[Kerner Entertainment Company]], and [[Nickelodeon Movies]], produced a live-action/animated [[Charlotte's Web (2006 film)|film]] starring [[Dakota Fanning]] as Fern and the voice of [[Julia Roberts]] as Charlotte. It was released on December 15, 2006. Special effects were by [[Fuel International]], [[Digital Pictures Iloura]], [[Proof (studio)|Proof]], [[Rhythm and Hues Studios]], [[Rising Sun Pictures]], and [[Tippett Studio]] [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413895/companycredits].
* ISBN 0060263857 ([[hardcover]], [[1952]])
* ISBN 0060263865 ([[library binding]], 1952)
* ISBN 0064400557 ([[paperback]], [[1974]])
* ISBN 0606026282 ([[prebound]], [[1980]])
* ISBN 0871292432 (paperback, [[1983]])
* ISBN 0061070106 (paperback, [[1990]])
* ISBN 1561376302 (hardcover, [[1998]])
* ISBN 1561370266 (hardcover, [[1999]])
* ISBN 1581180500 (library binding, 1999, Large Type Edition)
* ISBN 0064410935 (paperback, [[2001]])
* ISBN 0758701780 (hardcover, [[2002]])
* ISBN 0060006986 (hardcover, 2002, 50th Anniversary Edition)
* ISBN 0807283053 (paperback)


==Trivia==
== Trivia ==
*Charlotte gives her full name as "Charlotte A. Cavatica", revealing her as a [[barn spider]], an [[orb-weaver spider|orb-weaver]] with the scientific name ''Araneus cavaticus''.
*Charlotte gives her full name as "Charlotte A. Cavatica", revealing her as a [[barn spider]], an [[orb-weaver spider|orb-weaver]] with the scientific name ''Araneus cavaticus''.


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== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[:Category:Charlotte's Web films]]
* google.com
* [[:Category:Charlotte's Web songs]]
ask.com


== External links ==
== External links ==
[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Charlotte's_Web Charlott'e Web at Uncyclopedia]
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[[vi:Mạng nhện của Charlotte]]
[[vi:Mạng nhện của Charlotte]]

Revision as of 01:38, 25 November 2008

For other uses, see Charlotte's Web (disambiguation).
Charlotte's Web
Book cover
AuthorE. B. White
IllustratorGarth Williams
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
1952
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages192 pp
ISBNISBN 0-06-028298-3 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character

Charlotte's Web is a children's book by acclaimed American author E. B. White. First published in 1952, it tells the story of a barn spider named Charlotte and her friendship with a pig named Wilbur. The book was illustrated by Garth Williams. Publishers Weekly listed the book as the best-selling children's paperback of all time as of 2000.[1] Written in White's dry, low-key manner, Charlotte's Web is considered a classic of children's literature, enjoyable to adults as well as children. The description of the experience of swinging on a rope swing at the farm is an often cited example of rhythm in writing, as the pace of the sentences reflects the motion of the swing.

Plot

This book begins when John Arable's sow gives birth to a litter of piglets, and Mr. Arable discovers one of them is a runt and decides to kill it. However, his 8 year old daughter Fern begs him to let it live. Therefore her father gives it to Fern as a pet, and she names the piglet Wilbur. Wilbur is hyperactive and always exploring new things. He lives with Fern for a few weeks and then is sold to her uncle, Homer Zuckerman. Although Fern visits him at the Zuckermans' farm as often as she can, Wilbur gets lonelier day after day. Eventually, a warm and soothing voice tells him that she is going to be his friend. The next day, he wakes up and meets his new friend: Charlotte, the gray spider. Wilbur soon becomes a member of the community of animals who live in the cellar of Zuckerman's barn. When the old sheep in the barn cellar tells Wilbur that he is going to be killed and eaten at Christmas, he turns to Charlotte for help. Charlotte has the idea of writing words in her web extolling Wilbur's excellence (such as "some pig "), reasoning that if she can make Wilbur sufficiently famous, he will not be killed. Thanks to Charlotte's efforts, Wilbur not only lives, but goes to the county fair--with Charlotte--and wins a prize. Due to the short lifespan of spiders, Charlotte dies at the fair. Wilbur repays Charlotte by bringing home with him the sac of eggs (her "magnum opus") she had laid at the fair before dying. When Charlotte's eggs hatch at Zuckerman's farm and most of Charlotte's daughters leave to make their own lives elsewhere, three (Nellie, Aranea and Joy) remain there as friends to Wilbur.

Sales and recognition

Charlotte's Web was generally well-reviewed when it was released. In the New York Times, Eudora Welty wrote, "As a piece of work it is just about perfect, and just about magical in the way it is done."[2] Aside from its paperback sales, Charlotte's Web is 78th on the all-time bestselling hardback book list. According to publicity for the 2006 film adaptation (see below), the book has sold more than 45 million copies and been translated into 23 languages. It was a Newbery Honors book for 1953, losing to Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark for the medal. In 1970, White won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, a major prize in the field of children's literature, for Charlotte's Web, along with his first children's book, Stuart Little, published in 1945.

Film adaptations

1973 version

Main article: Charlotte's Web (1973 film)

The book was adapted into an animated feature by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Sagittarius Productions in 1973 with a song score by the Sherman Brothers.

2003 sequel

Main article: Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure

This is the sequel to the 1973 film, released direct-to-video by Paramount Pictures.

2006 version

Main article: Charlotte's Web (2006 film)

Paramount Pictures, with Walden Media, Kerner Entertainment Company, and Nickelodeon Movies, produced a live-action/animated film starring Dakota Fanning as Fern and the voice of Julia Roberts as Charlotte, released on December 15, 2006.

Printed editions and ISBN numbers

  • ISBN 0060263857 (hardcover, 1952)
  • ISBN 0060263865 (library binding, 1952)
  • ISBN 0064400557 (paperback, 1974)
  • ISBN 0606026282 (prebound, 1980)
  • ISBN 0871292432 (paperback, 1983)
  • ISBN 0061070106 (paperback, 1990)
  • ISBN 1561376302 (hardcover, 1998)
  • ISBN 1561370266 (hardcover, 1999)
  • ISBN 1581180500 (library binding, 1999, Large Type Edition)
  • ISBN 0064410935 (paperback, 2001)
  • ISBN 0758701780 (hardcover, 2002)
  • ISBN 0060006986 (hardcover, 2002, 50th Anniversary Edition)
  • ISBN 0807283053 (paperback)

Trivia

  • Charlotte gives her full name as "Charlotte A. Cavatica", revealing her as a barn spider, an orb-weaver with the scientific name Araneus cavaticus.

References

  1. ^ http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0203050.html
  2. ^ New York Times, October 19, 1952

See also

Charlott'e Web at Uncyclopedia

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