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The Wind in the Willows

aneb Žabákova dobrodružství

by Kenneth Grahame

The Wind in the Willows carries the quiet kindness of books that seem to wait for our return. To come back to the river, the cosy burrows, the friendships, and the small adventures is to feel the world slow down for a while. It is more than a tale of animal characters; it is the feeling that somewhere there is a place where curiosity, mischief, and the need for safety are all gently welcomed. Perhaps that is why readers return to it like an echo of childhood that has never quite faded.

Part of Worlds We Never Forgot

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About this edition
Author
Kenneth Grahame
Language
Czech
Edition type
Public domain
Publisher / imprint
ARTales
Source
Project Gutenberg
Reference
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27805
Publication status
Published

About the author

Kenneth Grahame was a Scottish-British writer who brought tenderness, humour, and a deep love of the English countryside into children’s literature. In The Wind in the Willows, he created Mole, Rat, Badger, and the gloriously self-important Mr Toad, writing their adventures with gentle irony, lyrical charm, and a quiet understanding of the pull between home and freedom. His work also includes stories, essays, and childhood pieces in which imagination is often touched by nostalgia. Although his fiction feels leisurely and full of open air, Grahame spent much of his life in the disciplined routine of the Bank of England. Perhaps that is why he could imagine so vividly a world where the greatest adventure might begin with a riverbank, a friend, and an unhurried afternoon.

About the collection

Worlds We Never Forgot

Literary worlds that have become part of imagination and memory. This collection belongs to books in which not only characters and plot matter, but also the feeling of inhabiting a particular space — a landscape, home, realm, map, or community.