The Wind in the Willows

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The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

The Wind in the Willows began as a series of bedtime stories author Kenneth Grahame invented for his only son and has since become a classic tale of loyal friendship and madcap adventure that has delighted generations since its first appearance in 1908.  It features four main animal characters - Toad, Rat, Mole and Badger - who possess distinctly anthropomorphic character attributes and spend time “messing about in boats” on the River Thames and getting in and out of various scrapes.  In the main, the story centers on the impulsive obsessions of the rich, jovial, amiable but conceited and aimless Toad and the efforts of his loyal friends to rescue him from the consequences of his misadventures. Of course, each has his own surprises and challenges along the way.  The Wind in the Willows was initially rejected by numerous publishers until President Theodore Roosevelt campaigned for its publication. He later wrote Grahame that he had “read it and reread it, and have come to accept the characters as old friends.”The story has undergone numerous adaptations for the stage, film, radio and television, and appears at number 16 on the BBC’s 2003 Big Read, a list of Britain’s best-loved novels of all time.

Product Details

Read by: Adrian Praetzellis
Length: 6 hours 53 minutes
Type: Solo reading 
Media: MP3 CD
Package: CD jacket
Item No.: CJ-1193
EAN: 0686175923315
List Price: $9.99

Credits


Production

Book Coordinator: Adrian Praetzellis
Meta Coordinator: Betsie Bush

Artwork
Cover: Morning on the Seine, 1898, Claude Monet (1840-1926).
Inset: Illustration from page 240 of the 1913 edition of The Wind in the Willows by Paul Bransom.
Inset: Drawing of Kenneth Grahame by John singer Sargent, date unknown.
Insert: Illustration from page 165 of the 1913 edition of The Wind in the Willows by Paul Bransom.

The Recordings

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The Recordings

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Table of Contents

Track Chapter Length
01 01- The River Bank 29:27
02 02 - The Open Road 31:12
03 03 - The Wild Wook 31:07
04 04 - Mr. Badger 33:28
05 05 - Dulce Domum 38:08
06 06 - Mr. Toad 33:10
07 07 - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 28:04
08 08 - Toads Adventures 33:35
09 09 - Wayfarers All 39:26
10 10 - The Further Adventures of Toad 41:01
11 11 - Like Summer Tempests came his Tears 40:54
12 12 - The Return of Ulysses 33:24

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