E. B. White
E. B. White was an essayist, a novelist, and a grammarian, best known for books like Stuart Little and Charlotte’s Web.
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He was also a contributing editor at The New Yorker and co-wrote the style guide The Elements of Style. His Atlantic essay, “Death of a Pig,” was a nonfiction prototype for Charlotte’s Web.
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Bettmann / Getty Death of a Pig
“I just wanted to keep on raising a pig, full meal after full meal, spring into summer into fall.”
