Charlotte's Web: Non Illustrated Edition without pictures 78th on the all-time bestselling sold more than 45 million copies (Charlotte's Web, EB White, ... DVD, book, children, grade, cliff notes)

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."

Aside from its paperback sales, Charlotte's Web is 78th on the all-time bestselling hardback book list. The book has sold more than 45 million copies and been translated into 23 languages.

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Charlotte's Web (Trophy Newbery) [Kindle Edition]
E. B. White (Author), Garth Williams (Illustrator), Rosemary Wells (Illustrator)

Charlotte's Web is a children's novel by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams; it was published in 1952 by Harper & Brothers. The novel tells the story of a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages praising Wilbur (such as "Some Pig") in her web in order to persuade the farmer to let him live.

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. In 2000, Publishers Weekly listed the book as the best-selling children's paperback of all time.

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First edition
Author E. B. White
Illustrator Garth Williams
Country United States
Language English
Genre Children's
Publisher Harper & Brothers
Publication date
1952
Pages 192 pp

Characters
Wilbur is a rambunctious pig, the runt of his litter. He is often strongly emotional.
Charlotte A. Cavatica, or simply Charlotte, is a spider who befriends Wilbur. In some passages she is the heroine of the story.
John Arable: Wilbur's first owner.
Fern Arable, John's daughter, who adopts Wilbur in his infancy, and later visits him. She is the only human in the story capable of understanding nonhuman conversation.
Templeton is a rat who helps Charlotte and Wilbur only when offered food. He serves as a somewhat caustic, self-serving comic relief to the plot.
Avery Arable is the elder brother of Fern. Like Templeton, he is a source of comic relief.
Homer Zuckerman is Fern’s uncle who keeps Wilbur in his barn. He has a wife, Edith, and an assistant named Lurvy.
Other animals in Zuckerman’s barn, with whom Wilbur converses, are a disdainful lamb, a talkative goose, and an intelligent "old sheep".
Henry Fussy is a boy of Fern’s age, of whom Fern becomes fond of.
Dr. Dorian is the family physician/psychologist consulted by Fern's mother, and something of a wise old man character.
Uncle is a large pig whom Charlotte disdains for coarse manners and Wilbur’s rival at the fair.

E. B. White's Newbery Honor Book