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The Wind In The WillowsThe Wind in the Willows is a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame. The story is alternately slow-moving and fast-paced, centering on three middle-aged male characters in bucolic England. It had illustrations by E. H. Shepard. The book 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. Characters - Mole – mild-mannered
- Water Rat (or Ratty) – loves the river
- Otter – friend of Ratty
- Portly – son of Otter
- Badger – powerful yet solitary
- Toad – mischievous estate-owner
- The Magistrate
- The Court Clerk
- The Gaoler
- The Gaoler's Daughter
- The Engine Driver
- The Barge Woman
- The Gypsy
- The Chief Weasel
- Pan – makes a single, otherwise anomalous, appearance
Adaptations William Horwood created several sequels to The Wind in the Willows: - The Willows in Winter
- Toad Triumphant
- The Willows and Beyond
A. A. Milne adapted The Wind in the Willows into a play called Toad of Toad Hall. There are several film and television versions of The Wind in the Willows, notably including: - a 1949 animated version by Walt Disney
- a 1983 animated (with stop-motion puppets, not drawings) version by Cosgrove Hall, which was followed by an ongoing television series done in the same style
- a 1996 animated version with an all-star cast led by Michael Palin and Alan Bennett as Ratty and Mole; followed by an adaptation of The Willows in Winter
- a 1996 live-action version written and directed by Terry Jones
Trivia External link Wind in the Willows Wind in the Willows
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