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Despite the attractive large format of this pleasant complete edition of the 1908 classic, the illustrations seem bland in comparison with either the lively wit of Ernest Shepard's drawings or Rackham's elegant and endearing detail. Percy does evoke the serenity of the English landscape and cozy interiors in his carefully designed full-color plates, while the characters come affably to life in his detailed drawings. There's a more contemporary flavor here, too, though costume and settings are appropriately Edwardian. Not a primary purchase, but a nice supplementary interpretation. (Kirkus Reviews)
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"A charming book." --Terry Jones, Monty Python member and author", ""Terry Jones' Barbarians"
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
The Wind in the Willows is a much-loved children's classic: it revolves around the adventure of four key animal characters. The story is magical but this is a review primarily of the edition and not the story itself.
There are 224 pages in this edition (not 192 as Amazon states). It's a well-presented hardback book beautifully illustrated. The original story was illustrated by E.H.Shepard and although Robert Ingpen's illustrations here are quite different in style (gloomier and more atmospheric), they do justice to the story and have a similar kind of charm about them.
All in all, this has to be one of my favourite editions of the book - it looks great as a gift to any child (or adult for that matter!) The pages are really thick and the whole book is well-presented - you just know you're in for a treat when you open the book. Excellent!
There are 224 pages in this edition (not 192 as Amazon states). It's a well-presented hardback book beautifully illustrated. The original story was illustrated by E.H.Shepard and although Robert Ingpen's illustrations here are quite different in style (gloomier and more atmospheric), they do justice to the story and have a similar kind of charm about them.
All in all, this has to be one of my favourite editions of the book - it looks great as a gift to any child (or adult for that matter!) The pages are really thick and the whole book is well-presented - you just know you're in for a treat when you open the book. Excellent!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
There are serious formatting problems with this edition. Words have been run together and, although you can make out what they are, it ruins the reading experience. It might not have been too bad if it was just the occasional word, but it's several a paragraph, or even a sentence. It makes the book unreadable.
I'm afraid it's another example, all too common on Kindle, of somone throwing a text together with no respect for the book or the reader.
I'm afraid it's another example, all too common on Kindle, of somone throwing a text together with no respect for the book or the reader.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A moral and illuminating tale spun around the lives of Rat, Mole, Badger and Toad of Toad Hall in timeless countryside.
Mole bravely sets out first and feels that his happiness is complete when, while meandering aimless and joyfully along on a bright spring day, he claps his eyes on a full-fledged river for the first time in his life. There, he meets Rat and learns that "there is nothing -absolutely nothing- half as much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." They visit Toad -him of "the finest house on the whole river or anywhere else for that matter"- and hit the open road in horse-and-cart where they meet with an accident which cuts short their adventure and introduces the easily entranced Toad to his latest obsession and eventual downfall: the motor-car. The group of friends is eventually completed by Mr.Badger whose house is found just when there is a dire need. He reveals his character as a wise and kindly listener to woes and worries, nodding gravely at intervals, never seeming surprised or shocked at anything: an all-round agreeable fellow.
Through the following seasons, all friends involve themselves in the events and ordinary affairs of those around them, eventually steering Toad into an altogether more wholesome direction and managing another miraculous rescue as well. In the latter, the Horned God gets a look in as a benevolent helper who works his magic and then sees to all but its effects being forgotten, blending back into the subtle spiritual tapestry. Beautiful and curiously undated, this is a fine read.
Mole bravely sets out first and feels that his happiness is complete when, while meandering aimless and joyfully along on a bright spring day, he claps his eyes on a full-fledged river for the first time in his life. There, he meets Rat and learns that "there is nothing -absolutely nothing- half as much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." They visit Toad -him of "the finest house on the whole river or anywhere else for that matter"- and hit the open road in horse-and-cart where they meet with an accident which cuts short their adventure and introduces the easily entranced Toad to his latest obsession and eventual downfall: the motor-car. The group of friends is eventually completed by Mr.Badger whose house is found just when there is a dire need. He reveals his character as a wise and kindly listener to woes and worries, nodding gravely at intervals, never seeming surprised or shocked at anything: an all-round agreeable fellow.
Through the following seasons, all friends involve themselves in the events and ordinary affairs of those around them, eventually steering Toad into an altogether more wholesome direction and managing another miraculous rescue as well. In the latter, the Horned God gets a look in as a benevolent helper who works his magic and then sees to all but its effects being forgotten, blending back into the subtle spiritual tapestry. Beautiful and curiously undated, this is a fine read.
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A Classic read
I enjoyed this old classic, as I haven't read this for years but it's just as good as I remember.
Published 3 days ago by Pippin
A charming book
This is a charming little book, very famous, writen for a child but clearly loved by adults also. Easily read in a matter of hours, perhaps on a train journey or a lovely sunny day... Read more
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Essential Reading
An absolute classic, I have it in Hardback, paperback and now for my Kindle, I can now dip in and out whenever I like
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Amazon's description is the same for every version!
If like me you downloaded this purely for the audiobook link you should be aware that it is free anyway and available from Librivox. Read more
Published 15 days ago by Magnard
Voice acting - review of audiobook only
This audiobook is brilliant. June Whitfield ( narrator - and gaoler's daughter, and bargewoman (shades of Irene Handl here) , James Saxon -as Toad and Badger (hard to believe the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Paggis
Beautiful
So pleased that I have found this on Kindle and it is as authentic to the original that I first read nearly 50 years ago. It was like reading it for the first time all over again. Read more
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paradise regained
If you think you have lost your innocence, read this and find it again. It is as fresh and bright as the spring morning that lures the mole out into the sunshine. Read more
Published 1 month ago by fabrice
Great Book, Poor Formating
Wind In The Willows is a great book for all ages. I first read this book, when my grandfather gave me a copy some 50yrs ago. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr Chris Coombes
An enjoyable classic set at a relaxing pace
"Wind if the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame is one of these stories that I had previously never got around to reading. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Killie
The Wind in the Willows
This book envokeses childhood memories and is always reread able for any age. The camaraderie of Rat, Mole Badger and Toad against their foes is a good lesson. United we stand. Read more
Published 2 months ago by jenny
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