Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame
Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932) was a Scottish author best known for his children's classic "The Wind in the Willows" (1908). Born in Edinburgh, Grahame spent much of his life working at the Bank of England, but his love for nature and river life inspired his writing. "The Wind in the Willows," featuring characters like Mole, Ratty, Badger, and the irrepressible Toad, became an enduring piece of children's literature. Grahame also wrote "The Reluctant Dragon" (1898), which has been adapted into various media, further cementing his legacy in literary history.

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I. THE RIVER BANK The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of whitewash all over his black fur, and an aching back and weary arms. Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and... more...

PROLOGUE: THE OLYMPIANSLOOKING back to those days of old, ere the gate shut to behind me, I can see now that to children with a proper equipment of parents these things would have worn a different aspect. But to those whose nearest were aunts and uncles, a special attitude of mind may be allowed. They treated us, indeed, with kindness enough as to the needs of the flesh, but after that with... more...

THE TWENTY-FIRST OF OCTOBER In the matter of general culture and attainments, we youngsters stood on pretty level ground. True, it was always happening that one of us would be singled out at any moment, freakishly, and without regard to his own preferences, to wrestle with the inflections of some idiotic language long rightly dead; while another, from some fancied artistic tendency which always failed... more...