The Wind in the Willows

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children's novel fantasy novel novel

The Wind in the Willows is a classic 1908 children’s novel by Kenneth Grahame that follows the adventures and friendships of anthropomorphic animals along an English riverbank.

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The Wind in the Willows (1908) 3
The Wind in the Willows universe 2
"The Wind in the Willows" (1908) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf children's novel ⓘ
fantasy novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
alsoAppealsTo adult readers ⓘ
author Kenneth Grahame ⓘ
containsChapter Dulce Domum ⓘ
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949 film) ⓘ
surface form: Mr. Toad

The Open Road ⓘ
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn ⓘ
The Return of Ulysses ⓘ
The River Bank ⓘ
The Wild Wood ⓘ
Toad's Adventures ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter Chief Weasel ⓘ
Otter ⓘ
Portly ⓘ
firstPublisher Methuen & Co. ⓘ
genre animal fiction ⓘ
children's literature ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
hasAdaptation film adaptations ⓘ
musical adaptations ⓘ
radio adaptations ⓘ
stage play adaptations ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
hasIllustrator E. H. Shepard ⓘ
Paul Bransom ⓘ
hasMotif homecoming ⓘ
hospitality and guest-friendship ⓘ
river journeys ⓘ
hasTheme adventure ⓘ
class and social order ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
home and belonging ⓘ
nature and pastoral life ⓘ
influenced later animal fantasy works ⓘ
inspiredBy bedtime stories told by Kenneth Grahame to his son Alastair ⓘ
literarySignificance considered a classic of children's literature ⓘ
noted for its depiction of pastoral England ⓘ
praised for its characterization of anthropomorphic animals ⓘ
mainCharacter Badger ⓘ
Mole ⓘ
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949 film) ⓘ
surface form: Mr. Toad

Rat ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
notableAdaptation The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949 film) ⓘ
surface form: The Wind in the Willows (1949 Disney segment in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad)

The Wind in the Willows (1983 British stop-motion animated film) ⓘ
The Wind in the Willows (1996 British live-action film) ⓘ
notableCharacterTrait Badger is reclusive but wise ⓘ
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949 film) ⓘ
surface form: Mr. Toad is reckless and impulsive

Rat loves the river and boating ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotElement Mole discovers Badger's home in the Wild Wood ⓘ
Mr. Toad becomes obsessed with motorcars ⓘ
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949 film) ⓘ
surface form: Mr. Toad is imprisoned and later escapes

The friends retake Toad Hall ⓘ
Toad Hall is taken over by weasels and stoats ⓘ
protagonist Mole ⓘ
publicationDate 1908 ⓘ
setting English countryside ⓘ
riverbank ⓘ
targetAudience children ⓘ

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