The River Bank

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"The River Bank" is the opening chapter of Kenneth Grahame's classic children's novel *The Wind in the Willows*, introducing readers to the pastoral world and main animal characters along the riverside.


Statements (30)
Predicate Object
instanceOf chapter
literaryWork
author Kenneth Grahame
basedOn Kenneth Grahame's bedtime stories for his son
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresLocation Mole's home
Rat's riverside home
the river bank
firstPublicationYear 1908
focusesOnActivity boating on the river
genre children's literature
fantasy
introducesCharacter Badger
Mole
Rat
Toad
language English
literaryPeriod Edwardian literature
mainCharacter Mole
Rat
narrativePerspective third-person narration
narrativeSetting riverside countryside
openingChapterOf The Wind in the Willows
originalPublicationMedium book
partOf The Wind in the Willows
positionInWork 1
setsToneFor The Wind in the Willows
theme escape from domestic routine
friendship
pastoral idyll

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
The Wind in the Willows
containsChapter
Rat ("The River Bank and Wild Wood")
settingUniverse

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