The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Peter Rabbit is 956 words — about 4 min at 250 words per minute, across 1 chapters. Measure your own speed and read it free, here.
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How it opens
'Now my dears,' said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, 'you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.'…
Details
- AuthorBeatrix Potter
- SourceProject Gutenberg #14838
- Length956 words · 4 min of reading
- Chapters1
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
1 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01Frederick Warne & Co., 1902
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