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  • Published: 1 December 2005
  • ISBN: 9780812973655
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $45.00

The Wind in the Willows




The classic adventures of Grahame's beloved creatures, Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad, continue to thrill generations of readers--a perfect fit for the Modern Library Paperback Classics series.

“The boastful, unstable Toad, the hospitable Water Rat, the shy, wise, childlike Badger, and the Mole with his pleasant habit of brave boyish impulse,” noted Vanity Fair nearly a century ago, “are types of that deeper humanity which sways us all.” Written by Kenneth Grahame as bedtime stories for his son, The Wind in the Willows continues to delight readers today.

Basing his fanciful animal characters on human archetypes, Grahame imparts a gentle, playful wisdom in his timeless tales. Few readers will be able to resist an invitation to join the Wild Wooders at Toad Hall, enjoy a quick splash in the river with Rat and Badger, or take a swerving ride with Toad in a “borrowed” motor-car. This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the first illustrated American edition of 1913.

  • Published: 1 December 2005
  • ISBN: 9780812973655
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $45.00

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The Black Tulip
The Lady of the Camellias
Selected Poetry
On Sparta
Man and Superman
Saint Joan
Botchan
Military Dispatches

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Praise for The Wind in the Willows

"The Wind in the Willows... [is] a book which everybody in the household loves, and quotes continually; a book which is read aloud to every new guest and is regarded as the touchstone of his worth."--A. A. Milne

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