The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
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The Wind in the Willows

Author: Kenneth Grahame

Narrator: Andrew Wincott

Unabridged: 6 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/09/2017

Synopsis

For more than a century, The Wind in the Willows and its endearing protagonists have enchanted children of all ages. Whether the four friends are setting forth on an exciting adventure, engaging in a comic caper, or simply relaxing by the River Thames, their stories are among the most charming in all English literature. Alternately slow-moving and fast-paced, the novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie and is celebrated for its evocation of the pastoral nature of the Thames valley.

About Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) was a Scottish writer famous for The Wind in the Willows and The Reluctant Dragon, classics of children's literature that have both been adapted into Disney animated films.

About Andrew Wincott

Andrew Wincott is an experienced stage actor and voice artist. A graduate of Christ Church, Oxford, he trained at the Webber Douglas Academy. He has performed Shakespeare, Shaw, Shaffer, Moliere, and more, has twice been a member of the BBC Radio Drama Company, has created voices for countless computer games, and has recorded over a hundred audiobooks.

Reviews

Goodreads review by J. Aleksandr on January 19, 2012

Trying to review The Wind in the Willows is a strange undertaking. In the introduction to my copy, A. A. Milne wrote: "One can argue over the merits of most books... one does not argue about The Wind in the Willows. The young man gives it to the girl with whom he is in love, and if she does not like......more

Goodreads review by Hailey on January 15, 2018

So fun and whimsical!......more

Goodreads review by Bionic Jean on February 06, 2025

Some of the best children’s classics have started with an adult inventing stories to tell to a child. “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, “Winnie the Pooh”, “Peter Pan” and even “Watership Down” all began this way, as did many others. The Wind in the Willows is another such. Like them, it is a novel......more

Goodreads review by emma on January 28, 2022

This book is no plot, just vibes. If you're in the mood to just think about forest animals wearing tweed, and picnics in rowboats, and dinner parties attended by a bunch of rabbits and stuff à la the third act of Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr Fox, and it's cool with you if that replaces story altogethe......more

Goodreads review by Meghhnaa on September 03, 2022

A delightful and entrancing story for children to wonder and adults to ponder! :) The protagonists, our incorrigible and exasperating toad, the loyal and responsible friends, the water rat and ever-gadding mole, and finally our revered badger. It's about the forest adventures of the comrades rat and......more

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