Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame The Wind in the Willows is a classic of children's literature written in 1908 by Kenneth Grahame. The story is alternately slow-moving and fast-paced, focusing on three animal characters in rural England. The book is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality and camaraderie. It gives as much pleasure to adult readers as to children,. The book made Grahame's fortune, enabling him to retire from his hated (though respectable and well-paid) bank job and move to the country. He spent his time by the River Thames doing much as the animal characters in his book do, namely "simply messing about in boats". chapter 1. The River Bank chapter 2. The Open Road chapter 3. The Wild Wood chapter 4. Mr. Badger chapter 5. Dulce Domum chapter 6. Mr. Toad chapter 7. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn chapter 8. Toad's Adventures chapter 9. Wayfarers All chapter 10. The Further Adventures Of Toad chapter 11. "Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears" chapter 12. The Return Of Ulysses Copy and paste link into Itunes, Juice or other podcast aggregator. RSS feed - http://www.botar.us/windwillow.xml or, if you are new to podcasting goto ipodder. Kenneth Grahame (March 8, 1859 – July 6, 1932) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland but in early childhood, after being orphaned, moved to live with his grandmother on the banks of the River Thames in southern England. He was an outstanding pupil at St Edward's School in Oxford and wanted to attend Oxford University but was not allowed to do so by his guardian on grounds of cost. Instead he was sent to work at the Bank of England in 1879, and rose through the ranks until retiring as its Secretary in 1907 due to ill health. He was shot during an unsuccessful bank robbery a few years earlier, which may have precipitated his retirement. This audiobook was read and made available by Mark F. Smith and LibriVox. Creating this work from public domain print editions means that no one owns a United States copyright on this work, so the you can copy and distribute it in the United States without permission and without paying copyright royalties. To explore and or download more Old Time Radio shows click on the banner below Click on the banner below, if you desire to subcribe to our main Old Time Radio RSS feed containing thousands of hours of listening pleasure. Copy and paste link into Itunes, Juice or other podcast aggregator. RSS feed - http://www.botar.us/botr.xml or, if you are new to podcasting goto ipodder. ISP Internet Access