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The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows was the book that made Kenneth Grahame's fortune, enabling him to retire from his hated (though respectable and well-paid) bank job and retire to the country, pretty much doing what the animal characters in this book do.
The story is alternately slow-moving and fast-paced, centering on three middle-aged male characters in bucolic England. It had illustrations by Ernest Shepard
Characters:
- Mole -- mild-mannered
- Rat (or Ratty) -- loves the river
- Badger -- powerful yet solitary
- Toad -- mischievous estate-owner
- Pan -- makes a single, otherwise anomalous, appearance
William Horwood[?] created several sequels to Wind in the Willows[?]
- The Willows in Winter
- Toad Triumphant
- The Willows and Beyond
There are several versions of Wind in the Willows: A play called Toad of Toad Hall by A. A. Milne, film versions done by for example, Walt Disney and Cosgrove Hall[?].
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