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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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100 ANNIVERSARY EDITION
'A charming book' Terry Jones
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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.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
'The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home...'
I don't know the first lines of many books off by heart, but TWITW is such an immediate and engaging tale that there's no choice other than to fall neatly in step with Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad straight away, and to stay there, if you're lucky for the rest of your life. I first read this when I was 7 or 8 and have revisited it many many times. To call it a children's book (and it's the greatest of all children's books) is to do it a massive disservice, for it is much much more than that.
I envy anyone picking it up for the first time.
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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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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
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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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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
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"Wind if the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame is one of these stories that I had previously never got around to reading. Read more
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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
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ahhh...lovely (although it's showing its age)
The only reason I enjoyed rereading this book was purely nostalgia. It's sad but in todays world I've come to expect more of a plot. Read more
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