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Real Kenneth Grahame : The Tragedy Behind the Wind in the Willows by Elisabeth Galvin (2022, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPen & Sword Books The Limited
ISBN-101526748800
ISBN-139781526748805
eBay Product ID (ePID)27057258897
Product Key Features
Book TitleReal Kenneth Grahame : the Tragedy Behind the Wind in the Willows
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterary, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year2022
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorElisabeth Galvin
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2020-479908
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal823/.8 B
SynopsisHe wrote one of the most quintessentially English books, yet Kenneth Grahame (1859 - 1932) was a Scot., He wrote one of the most quintessentially English books, yet Kenneth Grahame (1859 - 1932) was a Scot. He was four years old when his mother died and his father became an alcoholic, so Kenneth grew up with his grandmother who lived on the banks of the beloved River Thames. Forced to abandon his dreams of studying at Oxford, he was accepted as a clerk at the Bank of England where he became one of the youngest men to be made company secretary. He narrowly escaped death in 1903 when he was mistaken for the Bank's governor and shot at several times. He wrote secretly in his spare time for magazines and became a contemporary of contributors including Rudyard Kipling, George Bernard Shaw, and WB Yeats. Kenneth's first book, Pagan Papers (1893) initiated his success, followed by The Golden Age (1895) and Dream Days (1898), which turned him into a celebrated author. Ironically, his most famous novel today was the least successful during his lifetime: The Wind in the Willows (1908) originated as letters to his disabled son, who was later found dead on a train line after a suspected suicide. Kenneth never recovered from the tragedy and died with a broken heart in earshot of the River Thames. His widow, Elspeth, dedicated the rest of her life to preserving her husband's name and promoting his work.
LC Classification NumberPR4727
