![]() Presented alongside the text of ‘Wind in the Willows’, his illustrations further refine and elucidate Grahame’s masterful storytelling. Throughout his career, he developed a unique stule, combining haunting humour with dream-like romance. One of the most celebrated painters of the British Golden Age of Illustration (which encompassed the years from 1850 until the start of the First World War), Rackham’s artistry is quite simply, unparalleled. ![]() It is also accompanied by a series of dazzling colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939). ‘The Wind in the Willows’ is a novel notable for its adventure, mysticism, morality and unceasing camaraderie loved and appreciated more than a century after its initial publication. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a traditional bucolic version of the English Thames valley. ![]() ![]() It was penned by Kenneth Grahame (1859 – 1932) and first published in 1908. The Wind in the Willows is a true classic of Children’s literature. Step inside the magical world of Santas workshop as you press the buttons in this enchantingly illustrated book to hear elves making toys, reindeer bells. Origins of Fairy Tales from Around the Worldĭescription The Wind in the Willows – Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. ![]()
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