Language: English
Published in: 1895
Categorie(s): Non-Fiction, Biography & autobiography, Fiction, Fantasy, Juvenile
Word count: 35,723 words (≈ about 2 hours)
Source: http://www.gutenberg.org
Copyright: This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA.
Grahame’s reminiscences are notable for their conception “of a world where children are locked in perpetual warfare with the adult ‘Olympians’ who have wholly forgotten how it feels to be young”--a theme later explored by J. M. Barrie and other authors.
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It's too bad that that Kenneth Grahame is only well-known for The Wind in the Willows. Or, rather, that The Wind in the Willows is well known but Kenneth Grahame is not. He was a masterful observer of the inner world, and his prose is simultaneously precise and lyrical.