The Annotated Wind in the WillowsThe Annotated Wind in the Willows
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Book, 2009
Current format, Book, 2009, 1st ed, All copies in use.Book, 2009
Current format, Book, 2009, 1st ed, All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formats"An instant bestseller upon its initial publication in 1908, The Wind in the Willows has become one of the most beloved children's stories of all time. How could Ratty and Mole have known when they took to the river one hundred years ago that they would begin a phenomenon that would produce one of the most oft-quoted lines in British literature, and inspire everyone from the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh to Pink Floyd? To celebrate this great work, Annie Gauger, one of the world's leading experts on The Wind in the Willows, presents this beautifully illustrated annotated edition of Kenneth Grahame's classic, reintroducing readers to Otter, curmudgeonly Badger, and rollicking, boastful Toad, while revealing the secrets behind this treasured classic. In The Annotated Wind in the Willows, readers will discover the sheer joy of the original text, restored to the 1908 version, illustrated with hundreds of full-color images - including rare photographs of the Grahames and their friends, and the beloved drawings by E.H. Shepard and Arthur Rackham. This edition also includes Shepard's famous map of the Wild Wood and rarely seen images by early illustrators Graham Robertson, Paul Bransom, Nancy Barnhart, and Wyndham Payne. In an illuminating preface, Gauger explains how Grahame came to write the novel, which began as a bedtime story and evolved over a series of letters he wrote to his son, Alastair. This edition reproduces the original letters in their entirety and includes nearly a thousand delightful annotations on everything from automobiles (Toad drove an Armstrong Hardcastle Special Eight) and early motorcar etiquette to modern manifestations (Disneyland's Mr. Toad's Wild Ride). Guager reveals how William John Cavendish Bentinck-Scott, the peculiar Fifth Duke of Portland, built an extensive network of underground tunnels, thus inspiring the character Badger, and she puts Grahame's work in literary context, comparing him to Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, A.A. Milne, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Finally, new to this edition are several rare pieces by Kenneth Grahame, along with notes, letters, and other writings by Alastair Grahame and his governess, long buried in the Kenneth Grahame papers. With a stunning, lyrical tribute to Grahme by Brian Jacques, the internationally best-selling author of the Redwall series, The Annotated Wind in the Willows should prove a most beautiful and enduring tribute to Grahame's masterpiece." --
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