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The Wind in the Willows

By Kenneth Grahame

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Cover: View of the Oise River, oil on canvas by Charles-François Daubigny (1817-1878) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1878)

The Wind in the Willows is a children's novel by the British novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. It tells the story of Mole, Ratty and Badger as they try to help Mr. Toad after he becomes obsessed with motorcars and gets into trouble. It also contains short stories about them that are disconnected from the main narrative. The novel was based on bedtime stories that Grahame told his son Alastair.

Summary source: Wikipedia: The Wind in the Willows · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Table of contents

  1. 1: The River Bank
  2. 2: The Open Road
  3. 3: The Wild Wood
  4. 4: Mr. Badger
  5. 5: Dulce Domum
  6. 6: Mr. Toad
  7. 7: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
  8. 8: Toad’s Adventures
  9. 9: Wayfarers All
  10. 10: The Further Adventures of Toad
  11. 11: “Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears”
  12. 12: The Return of Ulysses