The Wind in the WillowsSince its first publication in 1908, generations of adults and children have cherished Kenneth Grahame's classic, The Wind in the Willows."" For in this entrancing, lyrical world of gurgling rivers and whispering reeds live four of the wisest, wittiest, noblest, and most lovable creatures in all literature--Rat, Mole, Badger, and Toad of Toad Hall. Like true adventurers, they glory in life's simplest pleasures and natural wonders. But it is Toad, cocky and irrepressible in his goggles and overcoat, whose passion for motorcars represents the free and fearless spirit in all of us; just as it's Toad's downfall that inspires the others to test Grahame's most precious theme--the miracle of loyalty and friendship. |
Contents
THE LOVES OF Gre TOAD TO JJ 1 The River Bank | 1 |
The Open Road | 17 |
The Wild Wood | 33 |
Mr Badger | 49 |
Dulce Domum | 65 |
Mr Toad | 83 |
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | 99 |
Toads Adventures | 113 |
Wayfarers All | 129 |
The Further Adventures of Toad | 149 |
Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears | 169 |
The Return of Ulysses | 189 |
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