Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932)
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Kenneth Grahame was born in Edinburgh on March 3, 1859. When he was five years old, his mother died of scarlet fever and he nearly died himself, of the same disease. His father became an alcoholic and sent the children to Berkshire to live with relatives. They were later reunited with their father, mostra altro but after a failed year, the children never heard from him again. Sometime later, one of his brothers died at the age of fifteen. He attended St. Edward's School as a child and intended to go on to Oxford University, but his relatives wanted him to go into banking. He worked in his uncle's office, in Westminster, for two years then went to work at the Bank of England as a clerk in 1879. He spent nearly thirty years there and became the Secretary of the Bank at the age of thirty-nine. He retired from the bank right before The Wind in the Willows was published in 1908. He wrote essays on topics that included smoking, walking and idleness. Many of the essays were published as the book Pagan Papers (1893) and the five orphan characters featured in the papers were developed into the books The Golden Age (1895) and Dream Days (1898). 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. In 1930, Milne's stage version was brought to another audience in Toad of Toad Hall. Grahame died on July 6, 1932. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows (Illustrated): The 1913 Classic Edition with Original Illustrations (2023) 41 copie
The Wind in the Willows [sound recording ∙ abridged] — Autore — 36 copie
Mole's Christmas Welcome: From "The Wind in the Willows" (The Madison Mini Book Series) (Amoco) (1989) 28 copie
The Wind in the Willows {video} 25 copie
The Wind in the Willows (Longman ELT Classics Readers: Level 2: 600 Headwords: Elementary Level) (1987) 18 copie
Project X Origins Graphic Texts: Grey Book Band, Oxford Level 14: The Wind in the Willows (2016) 6 copie
Wind in the Willows Board Book Collection: River Bank / Wild Wood / Open Road / Toad's Adventure (1997) 5 copie
Wind in the Willows [1988 TV movie] — Original book — 4 copie
Wind in the Willows Story Books: Wild Wood AND Mole's Christmas ("The Wind in the Willows" story books) (1991) 4 copie
The Wind in the Willows Treasury 4 copie
The Wind in the Willows (Classics Made Easy): Unabridged, with Comprehensive Glossary, Biographical Article, and… (2021) 3 copie
The Wind in the Willows: Abridged Edition for Younger Readers (Palazzo Abridged Classics) (2017) 3 copie
Wind in the Willows (cartoon) 3 copie
Uncle Remus: the Complete Tales: Uncle Remus And Brer Rabbit, Uncle Remus: His Songs And His Sayings, Nights With Uncle… (2019) 2 copie
Die schönsten Klassiker zum Vorlesen: Der Wind in den Weiden - Das Dschungelbuch - Peterchens Mondfahrt (2011) 2 copie
Of Smoking. From the Book Pagan Papers — Autore — 2 copie
The Modern Library Collection Children's Classics 5-Book Bundle: The Wind in the Willows, Alice's Adventures in… (2012) 2 copie
The Wind in the Willows VHS 2 copie
Fun O'The Fair 2 copie
Find A Way Back 1 copia
Die Wind in die Wilgers 1 copia
IL DRAGO RILUTTANTE 1 copia
GIÓ ĐÙA TRONG LIỄU 1 copia
The Reluctant Dragon 1 copia
Ducks' Ditty 1 copia
The Fellow That Goes Alone 1 copia
Collectible Kenneth Grahame THE RIVER BANK First ed. Adams Art WIND IN THE WILLOWS Hardcover 1 copia
Mosha e artë 1 copia
Wind in the Willows 1 copia
Wind in den Weiden 1 copia
The Wind in the Willows - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham by Grahame, Kenneth (2014) Hardcover (1800) 1 copia
Charles Dickens - Thoughts About People: "Credit is a system whereby a person who can not pay gets another person who… (2013) 1 copia
Non Libri Sed Liberi 1 copia
Stories from Wind in the Willows 1 copia
A Wind in the Willows / A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Black Beauty (3-Volume Set) (1984) 1 copia
The Wind in the Willows 1 copia
Alfred and the Caravan - The Wind in the Willows - A Story From the Television Series (1985) 1 copia
Det susar i säven 2 1 copia
Stories From Andersen 1 copia
A Viagem do Senhor Sapo 1 copia
The Wind in the Willows-Treasury of Illustrated Classics Storybook Collection by Kenneth Grahame (2013-01-21) (1828) 1 copia
Panique à la crapaudiere 1 copia
Wind in the Willow — Autore — 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Game Is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches, and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes (1994) — Collaboratore — 198 copie
Pages Passed from Hand to Hand: The Hidden Tradition of Homosexual Literature in English from 1748 to 1914 (1998) — Collaboratore — 170 copie
The Children's Treasury: Best Loved Stories and Poems from Around the World (1987) — Collaboratore — 149 copie
Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction (2008) — Collaboratore — 114 copie
The Adventures of Mr. Toad (Disney's Wonderful World of Reading) (1981) — Original story — 111 copie
The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals (2014) — Collaboratore — 90 copie
The Wind in the Willows #1: The Riverbank (Easy Reader Classics) (No. 1) (2006) — original storyteller — 64 copie
The Wind in the Willows [abridged - Chick-Fil-A Classic Stories and Essential Values] (2006) — original storyteller — 53 copie
The Wind in the Willows #3: The Wild Wood (Easy Reader Classics) (No. 3) (2007) — original storyteller — 50 copie
The Wind in the Willows #4: Home Sweet Home (Easy Reader Classics) (No. 4) (1995) — original storyteller — 46 copie
More Adventures With Mr. Toad (Kenneth Grahame's the Wind in the Willows) (1982) — original story author — 37 copie
The Wind in the Willows [2006 film] — Original book — 33 copie
The Open Road (Wind in the Willows, Book 1) (1987) — original storyteller; original storyteller — 30 copie
Kingfisher Christmas Book: A Collection of Stories, Poems and Carols for the Twelve Days of Christmas (1985) — Collaboratore — 27 copie
The Wind in the Willows: The wild wood (adapted ∙ boardbook) (1990) — original story author — 18 copie
The Wind in the Willows #6: Restless Rat (Easy Reader Classics) (2010) — original storyteller — 16 copie
The Wind in the Willows #5: Sneaky Toad (Easy Reader Classics) (2010) — original storyteller — 14 copie
Little Treasury of the Wind in the Willows (Little treasuries) (1995) — original source author — 13 copie
The Wind in the Willows / The Willows in Winter [1995/96 animated film] (2001) — Original book — 10 copie
The Wind in the Willows [2006 film] — Original book — 10 copie
The Wind in the Willows Library: (Slip Case Set of 4 Titles) (1867) — original storyteller — 10 copie
Wind in the Willows: Home Sweet Home (The Wind in the willows shaped board books) (1991) — original story author — 4 copie
The Reluctant Dragon [1941 short film] — Original story — 2 copie
Shirley Temple Storybook Collection: The Land of Oz / The Reluctant Dragon — Original story — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Grahame, Kenneth
- Data di nascita
- 1859-03-08
- Data di morte
- 1932-07-06
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Holywell Cemetery, St Cross Church, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Nazione (per mappa)
- Scotland, UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Pangbourne, Berkshire, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Pangbourne, Berkshire, England, UK
Blewbury, England, UK - Istruzione
- St. Edward's School, Oxford, England
- Attività lavorative
- banker
secretary (Bank of England)
essayist
short-story writer - Relazioni
- Hope, Anthony (cousin)
Robertson, W. Graham (house share) - Organizzazioni
- London Scottish Regiment
Bank of England - Breve biografia
- Married to Elspeth Grahame, with one son, Alistair Graham.British author and banker. Educated at St. Edward’s School, Oxford. He was orphaned at an early age and brought up by his grandmother. His family unable to afford the cost of university he took up a career with the Bank of England where he stayed until ill health caused his retirement, in his late forties, in 1907. During the banking days he wrote (and had published) essays and poems in his spare time. Among his books were Pagan Papers (1893), The Golden Age (1895), Dream Days (1898) and then… The Wind in the Willows (1908) which started life as a bedtime serial tale for his son Alastair.
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Discussioni
the illustrators of The Wind in the Willows - part 2 in Tattered but still lovely (Agosto 2023)
Hand & Eye The Wind in the Willows in Fine Press Forum (Dicembre 2022)
OT - The Wind in the Willows - illustrated by Chris Dunn, Kickstarter in Folio Society Devotees (Novembre 2022)
Mad Parrot Press Wind in the Willows in Fine Press Forum (Settembre 2022)
Chas. Van Sandwyk's Wind in the Willows in Fine Press Forum (Ottobre 2021)
the illustrators of The Wind in the Willows in Tattered but still lovely (Gennaio 2016)
The Wind in the Willows in British & Irish Children's Fiction (Ottobre 2009)
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