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The Wind in the Willows is a children's novel by the British novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. It details the story of Mole, Ratty, and Badger as they try to help Mr. Toad, after he becomes obsessed with motorcars and gets into trouble. It also details short stories about them that are disconnected from the main narrative.
In October 1908, The Wind in the Willows was published as a novel for children featuring an array of anthropomorphic characters, including Rat (a water vole), Mole, Badger and Toad. [3] Toad lives in a house on the edge of the River Bank, Toad Hall. The novel was almost universally condemned by critics, but achieved very considerable sales. [4]
Rik Mayall - The Wind in the Willows. He won an Emmy Award for the role. [10] Terry Jones - The Wind in the Willows [8] Matt Lucas - The Wind in the Willows [8] Peter Harryson - on stage. [11] Nathan Lane The Wind in the Willows (1985 stage musical) [12] Rufus Hound - The Wind in the Willows (musical) [13]
Grahame was born on 8 March 1859 at 32 Castle Street in Edinburgh.His parents were James Cunningham Grahame (1830–1887), advocate, and Elizabeth Ingles (1837–1864).). When Grahame was a little more than a year old, his father was appointed as sheriff-substitute in Argyllshire, and the family moved to Inveraray on Loch Fyne with Grahame, his older sister, Helen, and his older brother ...
Toad of Toad Hall is a play written by A. A. Milne – the first of several dramatisations of Kenneth Grahame's 1908 novel The Wind in the Willows – with incidental music by Harold Fraser-Simson. It was originally produced by William Armstrong at the Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool, on 21 December 1929.
Anne of Windy Poplars—published as Anne of Windy Willows in the UK, Australia and Japan—is an epistolary novel by Canadian author L. M. Montgomery. First published in 1936 by McClelland and Stewart, it details Anne Shirley's experiences while serving as principal of a high school in Summerside, Prince Edward Island over three years
Your 10-day forecast for July 28-Aug. 6 includes a Water Park Community Day, "History of the Thelma Boltin Recreation Center" and "Kinky Boots."
The Wind in the Willows, a 1984–1990 British animated series by Cosgrove Hall; Wind in the Willows (1985 musical), a 1985 Broadway musical by William P. Perry; The Wind in the Willows, an American animated film by Rankin/Bass; Wind in the Willows, an animated television film from Burbank Films Australia