The Wind in the Willows (Illustrated)

by Kenneth Grahame

Overview

The Wind in the Willows: this is the full-length, original version of The Wind in the Willows. It includes all of the original 12 illustrations, eight of which are in full-color. The book follows the adventures of the anthropomorphic animals Mole, Rat, Badger, Toad, and their friends. The animals experience many adventures and misadventures. Toad is one of the central characters. His is a well-to-do heir who goes to jail for stealing a car. He'll need to turn over a new leaf if he's going to keep any friends (https://bit.ly/2Anoyzp).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781663516794
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	06/13/2020
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Kenneth Grahame (8 March 1859 – 6 July 1932) was a Scottish writer, most famous for The Wind in the Willows (1908), one of the classics of literature. He also wrote The Reluctant Dragon. Both books were later adapted for stage and film, of which A. A. Milne's Toad of Toad Hall was the first. The Disney films The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad and The Reluctant Dragon are other adaptations.

While still a young man in his twenties, Grahame began to publish light stories in London periodicals such as the St. James Gazette. Some of these were collected and published as Pagan Papers in 1893, and two years later The Golden Age. These were followed by Dream Days in 1898, which contains The Reluctant Dragon.

There is a ten-year gap between Grahame's second-last book and the publication of his triumph, The Wind in the Willows. During that decade, Grahame became a father. The wayward, headstrong nature he saw in his little son Alastair he transformed into the swaggering Mr. Toad, one of its four principal characters. Despite its success, he never attempted a sequel.