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atimco: Both Narnia and Willows feature anthropomorphized animal heroes who nevertheless retain the quirks of their species. The narrative voice is humorous and quintessentially British. Both stories also include spiritual/religious undertones. Willows predates Narnia by over forty years and was a big influence on Lewis (he even wrote a poem with some of Grahame's characters in it).… (more)
This is one of those cosy children’s classics where nothing happens except animals living their lives. Love it
“Look here! If you’ve really nothing else on hand this morning, supposing we drop down the river together, and have a long day of it?” The Mole waggled his toes from sheer happiness, spread his chest with a sigh of full contentment, and leaned back blissfully into the soft cushions. “What a day I’m having!” he said. “Let us start at once!” This slightly dated writing sounds a bit off to me (a modern, non native English speaker) but it also makes the book sound oddly comforting, as if a quintessential English badger will offer me a cuppa. ( )
Adorable. Sweet. Cute. Great for animal and critter lovers of all ages.
The tale is told in a series of vignettes, rather than a cohesive story, much like many other late 19th and early 20th century literature.
Mr. Toad does take the overriding theme, however, once you get a way into the book. Toad loves fast things. He buys motor cars and wrecks motor cars. Then he steals a motor car, goes to jail, breaks out of jail, and has many adventures getting home to Toad Hall. Once almost home, he finds the stoats and weasels have take over his mansion. Can Toad, with the help of his friends Badger, Mole, and River Rat, get back his home?
This Barnes and Noble classics edition is lovely - leather bound with gilded edges, gold embossing on the cover, and beautiful, sewn-in satiny ribbon bookmark.
Highly recommend for your chapter book collection and/or home library. ( )
It took me a little while to truly appreciate Grahame's prose, but when I adjusted to the style, these charming tales of Rat, Mole, Badger, and Toad truly found a home for themselves in my heart. This is, quite possibly, the greatest book ever written about the English countryside. It is magical at times, such as when they are searching for the lost baby otter, and it is joyous at others, such as when Rat meets his traveller counterpart - this is one of the great travelogues in the history of literature. And what can be said about Toad, except that he explains the life and career of Boris Johnson better than any other literary creation I can think of? ( )
Always a delight to read. The animals remain animals despite the human characteristics inparted to them. The river and the countryside are as vivid as when the book was written.
Before combining, please ensure that you are NOT combining an abridgment, an adaptation, a junior edition or a selection from the story with the complete Wind in the Willows.
The first Dutch edition does not carry the title De wind in de wilgen, but is called De avonturen van Mr. Mol
Several wrong covers are displayed in this work, which by the title should be a Great Illustrated Classic.
The Usborne edition is complete and unabridged and can be combined with the main title.
This is the Ladybird Spanish edition, adapted by Antonia Maria Martel.
The text of 'Steam in the Willows' is the same as 'The Wind in the Willows.' The illustrator begs to stand apart because of her visual re-interpretations.
The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.
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Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and the mischievous Toad live a quiet life on banks of the River Thames with the rest of their animal friends. But Toad tends to get into trouble, and his passion for cars eventually results in his being caught and kept a helpless prisoner in the remotest dungeon of the best-guarded castle in all the land. Dressed as a washerwoman—and with some help from his friends—Toad manages to escape the castle and begins his journey home to Toad Hall. Originally published in 1908.
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Mole and Rat are chums, Badger is a reclusive, Toad causes trouble. (Grimauds)
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“Look here! If you’ve really nothing else on hand this morning, supposing we drop down the river together, and have a long day of it?”
The Mole waggled his toes from sheer happiness, spread his chest with a sigh of full contentment, and leaned back blissfully into the soft cushions. “What a day I’m having!” he said. “Let us start at once!”
This slightly dated writing sounds a bit off to me (a modern, non native English speaker) but it also makes the book sound oddly comforting, as if a quintessential English badger will offer me a cuppa. (