"What sort of pie is a critical plot element in Beatrix Potter's ""The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan""?"
The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan (originally, The Pie and the Patty-Pan) is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, and published by Frederick Warne & Co. in October 1905. It tells of a cat called Ribby and a tea party she holds for a dog called Duchess. Complications arise when Duchess tries to replace Ribby's mouse pie with her own veal and ham pie, and then believes she has swallowed a small tin pastry form called a patty-pan. Its themes are etiquette and social relations in a
The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan place. Potter became deeply depressed and was ill for many weeks. However, she rallied to complete the last two tales she had discussed with him: "The Pie and the Patty-Pan" and "The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher". "The Pie and the Patty-Pan" was published in October 1905 in a large format, priced at one shilling, and dedicated to Joan, the sixth child of Potter's former governess Annie Carter Moore, and to Beatrix, Mrs. Moore's newborn and Potter's god-daughter: "For Joan, to read to Baby". "The Pie" was the first of Potter's books to be published in a format larger (177