Kenneth Grahame Quotes


Toad talked big about all he was going to do in the days to come, while stars grew fuller and larger all around them, and a yellow moon, appearing suddenly and silently from nowhere in particular, came to keep them company and listen to their talk.


Citations

Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Methuen & Co., 1908, p. 34.

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Kenneth Grahame
Kenneth Grahame
  • Born: March 8, 1859
  • Died: July 6, 1932
  • Nationality: Scottish
  • Profession: Novelist

Kenneth Grahame was a British writer born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is most famous for The Wind in the Willows (1908), one of the classics of children's literature. He also wrote The Reluctant Dragon. Both books were later adapted for stage and film, of which A. A. Milne's Toad of Toad Hall, based on part of The Wind in the Willows, was the first. Other adaptations include the Disney films The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad and The Reluctant Dragon.