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The Wind in the Willows

The Graphic Novel

The Wind in the Willows( 1 customer ratings | )
Author: Grahame, Kenneth
Adapted by: Gaind, Arjun
Illustrator: Banerjee, Sankha
Series title:Campfire Graphic Novels Ser.
ISBN:978-93-80028-54-5
Publication Date:Mar 2011
Publisher:Steerforth Press
Imprint:Campfire
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $9.99
Book Description:

No sight makes a man tremble more than seeing Mr. Toad behind the wheel of a car... On a fine summer day, Mole is busy spring cleaning his underground home. When he decides he's had enough of cleaning, Mole ventures towards a place he has never seen before - the river. There he meets Ratty, who takes Mole for a ride in his rowing boat. The two of them become close friends, and spend their time enjoying lazy days by the river. But then they make the mistake of visiting Mr....
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Book Details
Pages:80
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.51 x 10.28 x 0.18 Inches
Book Weight:0.486 Pounds
Author Biography
Grahame, Kenneth (Author)
Kenneth Grahame was born in Edinburgh on March 3, 1859. When he was five years old, his mother died of scarlet fever and he nearly died himself, of the same disease. His father became an alcoholic and sent the children to Berkshire to live with relatives. They were later reunited with their father, but after a failed year, the children never heard from him again. Sometime later, one of his brothers died at the age of fifteen. He attended St. Edward's School as a child and intended to go on to Oxford University, but his relatives wanted him to go into banking.

He worked in his uncle's office, in Westminster, for two years then went to work at the Bank of England as a clerk in 1879. He spent nearly thirty years there and became the Secretary of the Bank at the age of thirty-nine. He retired from the bank right before The Wind in the Willows was published in 1908.

He wrote essays on topics that included smoking, walking and idleness. Many of the essays were published as the book Pagan Papers (1893) and the five orphan characters featured in the papers were developed into the books The Golden Age (1895) and Dream Days (1898). The Wind in the Willows (1908) was based on bedtime stories and letters to his son and it is where the characters Rat, Badger, Mole and Toad were created. In 1930, Milne's stage version was brought to another audience in Toad of Toad Hall. Grahame died on July 6, 1932.

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