Uttley, Alison
Uttley, Alison (1884–1976),British author of fairy tales for children, notably animal tales, continuing the tradition of Beatrix Potter. Her best‐known characters include Little Grey Rabbit, Tim Rabbit, Little Brown Mouse, Little Red Fox, and Sam Pig. A selection of her best animal tales was published in Magic in My Pocket (1957). She also wrote a variety of original fairy tales and retold traditional ones, always focusing on the unexpected appearance of magic in everyday countryside surroundings. Uttley also wrote a play, The Washerwoman's Child (1946), based on the life of Hans Christian Andersen and involving seven of his fairy tales. In these as well, the focus is on the everyday rather than typical fairy‐tale features.
Alison Uttley's major contribution to the genre is A Traveller in Time (1939), a novel exploiting the motif of time shift, and well ahead of the...
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