The Wind In The Willows
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
4 December 1993
Summary
This classic of the English countryside, first published in 1908, is a favourite with readers of all ages. As the late Margery Fisher wrote, ‘Adults are sadly aware of the figure of Grahame himself, languishing in a city office and longing for the river- children respond to the fun, the anarchy of Toad and the entrancing detail as Grahame’s son Alastair must have done when he listened to the bedside stories that became a book.’ The author invited Arthur Rackham to illustrate his book, but Rac…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781857159233 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1857159233 |
| Author: | Kenneth Grahame |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library Children's Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 4 December 1993 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 206mm x 156mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Everyman's Library CHILDREN'S CLASSICS |
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About The Author
Kenneth Grahame
Kenneth Grahame was born in Edinburgh on 8 March 1859. He was brought up by his grandmother in Cookham Dene in Berkshire and went to school in Oxford before starting work at the Bank of England. He was unable to go to university because of his family’s lack of money. His stories and essays were initially published in periodicals such as the Yellow Book and then collected together as Pagan Papers (1893). This was followed by The Golden Age (1895) and Dream Days (1898). The Wind in the Willows (1908) is based on letters and stories that Graham made for his only child, Alistair. The novel’s popularity grew slowly over the years and A.A. Milne’s dramatisation of the novel as Toad of Toad Hall brought it greater success. Kenneth Grahame died on 6 July 1932.
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