The wind in the willows, by kenneth grahame, box set of 9 by kenneth grahame and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. This penguin classics edition features an appendix of the letters in which grahame first related the exploits of toadmore paperback, penguin classics, 197 pages. The wind in the willows is much more than a story from a bygone age. 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.
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