The Wind in the WillowsHailed as one of the most enduringly popular works of the twentieth century, The Wind in the Willows is a classic of magical fancy and enchanting wit. Penned in lyrical prose, the adventures and misadventures of the book’s intrepid quartet of heroes—Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and, of course, the incorrigible Toad—raise fantasy to the level of myth. Reflecting the freshness of childhood wonder, the story still offers adults endless sophistication, substance, and depth. The animals’ world embodies the author’s wry, whimsical, and unfailingly inventive imagination. It is a world that succeeding generations of both adult and young readers have found irresistible. But why say more? To use the words of the estimable Mr. Toad himself: “Travel, change, interest, excitement!...Come inside.” With an Introduction by Luanne Rice |
Contents
Introduction | ix |
The River Bank | 5 |
The Open Road | 20 |
THe Wild Wood | 36 |
Mr Badger | 53 |
Dulce Domum | 69 |
Mr Toad | 88 |
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | 104 |
Toads Adventures | 118 |
Wayfarers All | 136 |
Tne Further Adventures of Toad | 157 |
Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears | 178 |
The Return of Ulysses | 199 |
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adventures animal asked the Mole Badger bank barge-woman began boat breakfast CHARLES DICKENS cheer clever cloop cold course cried the Mole cried the Rat dark dear door dream Dulce Domum engine-driver errand of mercy everything eyes face feel fellow field-mouse friends GEORGE ORWELL gipsy happy hard head heard hole horse hour Kenneth Kenneth Grahame knew laughing legs live looked Luanne Rice mind Mole's morning motor-car murmured never night once Otter passed quiet Ratty replied the Rat river road round running sculls seemed shout side silent snow song sort sound stick stoats stood stop suddenly supper talk tell There's things thought Toad Hall Toad's Toady took trouble turned voice waiting walked washerwoman washing Water Rat water-meadows weasels Wild Wood Willow-herb wind wonder