比阿特丽克斯·波特出生于维多利亚时代一个富裕的贵族家庭,父亲鲁伯·威廉·波特受过专业辩护律师的训练,却鲜有执业,多半时日都浸泡在绅士俱乐部中。母亲海伦·波特是个棉花商的女儿,大部分时间都在接待客人或外出拜访友人。波特的父母以他们继承自双亲的遗产来维持生活。波特不仅是英国维多利亚时代著名的童书作家与插画家,还是一个绵羊饲养员,一个勤劳的农场主,一个体贴的妻子,一个忠诚的环境保护者。 Beatrix Potter was born in a wealthy aristocratic family in the Victorian era. Father Rupert William Porter was trained by a professional defense lawyer but seldom practiced, most of the time immersed in a gentleman’s club. Her mother Helen Potter is a cotton business daughter, most of the time to receive guests or go out to visit friends. Porter’s parents have lived with their inheritance from their parents. Porter is not only a famous British childhood book writer and illustrator in the Victorian era, but also a sheep keeper, a hardworking farmer, a caring wife and a loyal environmentalist.