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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Notes
Running Time: 6 hours and 53 minutes
Read by: Adrian Praetzellis
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.
Recordings
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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.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0701236969115 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0686175923315 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD Case |
Author | Kenneth Grahame (1859 - 1932) |
Year | 1908 |
Recording | |
Read by | Adrian Praetzellis |
Length | 6 hours and 53 minutes |
Type of Reading | Solo |
The Wind in the Willows
- Author: Kenneth Grahame
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