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    Kenneth Grahame

    Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. When he was not yet five, his mother died of scarlet fever, after which he was sent to his maternal grandmother's house at Cookham Dean near the Thames. His father virtually abandoned his children to relatives, and Grahame was sent to boarding school in Oxford at the age of nine. Disappointed in his dream of going on to university, he was instead given a job as a clerk in the Bank of England, where ultimately he became Secretary. He achieved fame as a writer with his recollections of childhood, The Golden Age and Dream Days, published in 1895 and 1898. The Wind in the Willows, turned down by several publishers as a poor sequel to the earlier books, began as a bedtime story told to his only child, Alistair, whose tragic death at twenty was so great a sorrow that he and his wife lived in seclusion thereafter. In a life of much sadness, it seems that all he found pleasurable in this world he put into one of the best-loved children's book of all time.
    The Modern Library Collection Children's Classics 5-Book Bundle
    The Modern Library Collection Children's Classics 5-Book Bundle
    The Wind in the Willows, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Peter Pan, The Three Musketeers
    Kenneth Grahame , Lewis Carroll , J.M. Barrie , Alexandre Dumas
    9780812984477
    Ebook
    Jul 23, 2012
    Modern Library
    The Wind in the Willows
    The Wind in the Willows
    (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
    Kenneth Grahame , Rachell Sumpter
    9780143106647
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Apr 24, 2012
    Penguin Classics
    5-5/8 x 8-7/16
    Wind in the Willows
    Wind in the Willows
    Kenneth Grahame , Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini
    9780141329826
    $18.99 US
    Hardcover
    Sep 30, 2010
    Puffin Books
    The Wind in the Willows
    The Wind in the Willows
    Kenneth Grahame , More
    9780451530141
    $7.95 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Apr 04, 2006
    Signet
    4-3/16 x 6-3/4
    The Wind in the Willows
    The Wind in the Willows
    Kenneth Grahame
    9780143039099
    $14.00 US
    Paperback
    Jul 26, 2005
    Penguin Classics
    5-1/16 x 7-3/4
    The Wind in the Willows
    The Wind in the Willows
    Kenneth Grahame , Paul Bransom
    9780812973655
    $21.00 US
    Paperback
    Mar 08, 2005
    Modern Library
    5-3/16 x 8
    The Wind in the Willows
    The Wind in the Willows
    Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
    Kenneth Grahame , Arthur Rackham
    9780679418023
    $20.00 US
    Hardcover
    Nov 02, 1993
    Everyman's Library
    6-1/8 x 8-1/8

    Books

    The Modern Library Collection Children's Classics 5-Book Bundle
    The Modern Library Collection Children's Classics 5-Book Bundle
    The Wind in the Willows, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Peter Pan, The Three Musketeers
    Kenneth Grahame, Lewis Carroll, J.M. Barrie, Alexandre Dumas
    9780812984477
    $3.99 US
    Ebook
    Jul 23, 2012
    Modern Library
    The Wind in the Willows
    The Wind in the Willows
    (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
    Kenneth Grahame, Rachell Sumpter
    9780143106647
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Apr 24, 2012
    Penguin Classics
    5-5/8 x 8-7/16
    Wind in the Willows
    Wind in the Willows
    Kenneth Grahame, Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini
    9780141329826
    $18.99 US
    Hardcover
    Sep 30, 2010
    Puffin Books
    The Wind in the Willows
    The Wind in the Willows
    Kenneth Grahame, More
    9780451530141
    $7.95 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Apr 04, 2006
    Signet
    4-3/16 x 6-3/4
    The Wind in the Willows
    The Wind in the Willows
    Kenneth Grahame
    9780143039099
    $14.00 US
    Paperback
    Jul 26, 2005
    Penguin Classics
    5-1/16 x 7-3/4
    The Wind in the Willows
    The Wind in the Willows
    Kenneth Grahame, Paul Bransom
    9780812973655
    $21.00 US
    Paperback
    Mar 08, 2005
    Modern Library
    5-3/16 x 8
    The Wind in the Willows
    The Wind in the Willows
    Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
    Kenneth Grahame, Arthur Rackham
    9780679418023
    $20.00 US
    Hardcover
    Nov 02, 1993
    Everyman's Library
    6-1/8 x 8-1/8

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