The Wind in the Willows (Collector's Library in Colour) - Hardcover

Grahame, Kenneth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1907360913 ISBN 13: 9781907360916

Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library, 2014

Synopsis

One of the most celebrated works of classic literature for children, The Wind in the Willows follows Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger from one adventure to the next - in gypsy caravans, stolen sports cars, to prison and back to the Wild Wood. A story of animal cunning and human camaraderie, this remains a timeless tale more than 100 years after its publication. All sixteen full colour pictures by Arthur Rackham have been included and the chapter headings have been sensitively coloured by Barbara Frith.

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About the Authors

Kenneth Grahame was born in Edinburgh in 1859. He was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford, but family circumstances prevented him from entering Oxford University. He joined the Bank of England as a gentleman clerk in 1879, rising to become the Bank's Secretary in 1898. He wrote a series of short stories, married Elspeth Thomson in 1899 and their only child, Alistair, was born a year later. He left the Bank in 1908, the year that The Wind in the Willows was published. Though not an immediate success, by the time of Grahame's death in 1932 it was recognised as a children's classic.

David Stuart Davies is an author, playwright and editor and is regarded as an authority on Sherlock Holmes. His fiction includes novels featuring his wartime detective Johnny Hawke and several Sherlock Holmes novels - including Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Promise. He is a committee member of the Crime Writers' Association, editing their monthly publication, Red Herrings, and is a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund.

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1907360913
• ISBN 13: 9781907360916
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240