The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Children's Literature) The Annotated Edition

Download or read book The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Children's Literature) The Annotated Edition written by Kenneth Grahame and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-07-04 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wind in the Willows is a children's novel by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow-moving and fast-paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphized animals in a pastoral version of Edwardian England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality and camaraderie, and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames Valley.In 1908, Grahame retired from his position as secretary of the Bank of England. He moved back to Berkshire, where he had lived as a child, and spent his time by the River Thames doing much as the animal characters in his book do - as the book says, "simply messing about in boats" - and expanding the bedtime stories he had earlier told his son Alastair into a manuscript for the book.