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  • Published: 6 November 2006
  • ISBN: 9781405669948
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 1 hr 18 min
  • Narrator: Derek Jacobi
  • Pages: 77
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Wind In The Willows



The enchanting tale of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad, read by Emmy Award winner Sir Derek Jacobi.

When Mole goes boating with the Water Rat instead of spring-cleaning, he discovers a new world. As well as the river and the Wild Wood, there is Toad's craze for fast travel and motor-cars that leads them all on a timeless adventure.

  • Published: 6 November 2006
  • ISBN: 9781405669948
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 1 hr 18 min
  • Narrator: Derek Jacobi
  • Pages: 77
Categories:

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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