Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932)
Auteur de Le Vent dans les saules
A propos de l'auteur
Kenneth Grahame was born in Edinburgh on March 3, 1859. When he was five years old, his mother died of scarlet fever and he nearly died himself, of the same disease. His father became an alcoholic and sent the children to Berkshire to live with relatives. They were later reunited with their father, afficher plus but after a failed year, the children never heard from him again. Sometime later, one of his brothers died at the age of fifteen. He attended St. Edward's School as a child and intended to go on to Oxford University, but his relatives wanted him to go into banking. He worked in his uncle's office, in Westminster, for two years then went to work at the Bank of England as a clerk in 1879. He spent nearly thirty years there and became the Secretary of the Bank at the age of thirty-nine. He retired from the bank right before The Wind in the Willows was published in 1908. He wrote essays on topics that included smoking, walking and idleness. Many of the essays were published as the book Pagan Papers (1893) and the five orphan characters featured in the papers were developed into the books The Golden Age (1895) and Dream Days (1898). The Wind in the Willows (1908) was based on bedtime stories and letters to his son and it is where the characters Rat, Badger, Mole and Toad were created. In 1930, Milne's stage version was brought to another audience in Toad of Toad Hall. Grahame died on July 6, 1932. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows (Illustrated): The 1913 Classic Edition with Original Illustrations (2023) 57 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Wind in the Willows [sound recording ∙ abridged] — Auteur — 36 exemplaires
Mole's Christmas Welcome: From "The Wind in the Willows" (The Madison Mini Book Series) (Amoco) (1989) 28 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Wind in the Willows {video} 26 exemplaires
The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children (1932) — Directeur de publication — 25 exemplaires, 1 critique
Tales From the Wind in the Willows: The Further Adventures of Toad (1983) 21 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Wind in the Willows: v. 4: Panic at Toad Hall 18 exemplaires
The Wind in the Willows (Longman ELT Classics Readers: Level 2: 600 Headwords: Elementary Level) (1987) 18 exemplaires
The wind in the willows story book: : abridged from Kenneth Grahames classic book/ (1993) 17 exemplaires
The Wind in the Willows (Great Illustrated Classics) by Grahame, Kenneth (2002) Hardcover 7 exemplaires
Project X Origins Graphic Texts: Grey Book Band, Oxford Level 14: The Wind in the Willows (2016) 6 exemplaires
Wind in the Willows Board Book Collection: River Bank / Wild Wood / Open Road / Toad's Adventure (1997) 5 exemplaires
The Wind in the Willows (Great Illustrated Classics) by Kenneth Grahame (2008-01-01) (1800) 5 exemplaires
The Wind in the Willows (Abridged) 5 exemplaires
The Wind in the Willows Treasury 4 exemplaires
The Wind in the Willows (Classics Made Easy): Unabridged, with Comprehensive Glossary, Biographical Article, and… (2021) 4 exemplaires
Wind in the Willows [1988 TV movie] — Original book — 4 exemplaires
Wind in the Willows Story Books: Wild Wood AND Mole's Christmas ("The Wind in the Willows" story books) (1991) 4 exemplaires
The Wind in the Willows: Abridged Edition for Younger Readers (Palazzo Abridged Classics) (2017) 3 exemplaires
Open Road by Grahame, Kenneth [Library Binding] 3 exemplaires
The Wind in the Willows: Home Sweet Home (board book) 3 exemplaires
Wind in the Willows (cartoon) 3 exemplaires
The Modern Library Collection Children's Classics 5-Book Bundle: The Wind in the Willows, Alice's Adventures in… (2012) 2 exemplaires
Wind in the Willows. Storybook, " Wild Wood" , " The River Bank" , " The Adventures of Mr. Toad" ," The Battle for Toad… 2 exemplaires
Uncle Remus: the Complete Tales: Uncle Remus And Brer Rabbit, Uncle Remus: His Songs And His Sayings, Nights With Uncle… (2019) 2 exemplaires
Of Smoking. From the Book Pagan Papers — Auteur — 2 exemplaires
The Enchanted Collection: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Secret Garden, Black Beauty, The Wind in the Willows,… 2 exemplaires
The Wind and the Willows (Storybook Classic) 2 exemplaires
Die schönsten Klassiker zum Vorlesen: Der Wind in den Weiden - Das Dschungelbuch - Peterchens Mondfahrt (2011) 2 exemplaires
ERC: Wind in the Willows # 2: The Open Road 2 exemplaires
Fun O'The Fair 2 exemplaires
The Ultimate Christmas Collection: 150+ authors & 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends 2 exemplaires
The Wind in The Willows / Toad Triumphant / The Willows in Winter (1997) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
The Wind In The Willows (Elementary) 2 exemplaires
The Wind in the Willows VHS 2 exemplaires
Det suser i sivet: Den ville skogen 1 exemplaire
Kenneth Grahame: Collection (The Golden Age, Dream Days, The Reluctant Dragon, The Wind in the Willows) 1 exemplaire
Wind in the Willows - Tale of Two Toads [VHS] 1 exemplaire
Wind in the Willows (adv of Frog and Toad) 1 exemplaire
IL DRAGO RILUTTANTE 1 exemplaire
Die Wind in die Wilgers 1 exemplaire
The Field Mice Carol (in A Season of Joy) 1 exemplaire
The Wind In The Willows Methuen'S Modern Classics 1 exemplaire
The Annotated Wind in the Willows For Adults & Sensible Children (Or, Possibly, For Children & Sensible Adults) 1 exemplaire
GIÓ ĐÙA TRONG LIỄU 1 exemplaire
Find A Way Back 1 exemplaire
The Wind in the Willows. Methuen edition. 1957 1 exemplaire
Librivox Christmas Short Works Collection 2008 1 exemplaire
The Wind in the Willows (Signet Classics) by Grahame, Kenneth Published by Signet Classics ZZZ edition (2006) Mass… 1 exemplaire
The Fellow That Goes Alone 1 exemplaire
Ducks' Ditty 1 exemplaire
Collectible Kenneth Grahame THE RIVER BANK First ed. Adams Art WIND IN THE WILLOWS Hardcover 1 exemplaire
Wind in the Willows. Heritage Press edition 1 exemplaire
the wind in the willows great illustrated classics 1 exemplaire
The Annotated Wind in the Willows, for Adults and Sensible Children (or, possibly, Children and Sensible Adults)… 1 exemplaire
Dragon Tales 1 exemplaire
Wind in den Weiden 1 exemplaire
Det suser i sivet: Kampen om Paddeborg 1 exemplaire
Classic Story Collection - The Wind in the Willows 1 exemplaire
the wind in the willows slipcased edition 1 exemplaire
Det suser i sivet: Den Fantastiske Flukten 1 exemplaire
Det suser i sivet: Grevlingen, bilen og Padda 1 exemplaire
Charles Dickens - Thoughts About People: "Credit is a system whereby a person who can not pay gets another person who… (2013) 1 exemplaire
Toad Goes Caravanning. (The chapter entitled 'The Open Road' from The Wind in the Willows). Illustrated in… 1 exemplaire
Stories from Wind in the Willows 1 exemplaire
A Wind in the Willows / A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Black Beauty (3-Volume Set) (1984) 1 exemplaire
The wind in the willows the four seasons 1 exemplaire
Wind in the Willows, Toad's Adventures 1 exemplaire
Wind in the Willows 1 exemplaire
Non Libri Sed Liberi 1 exemplaire
The Wind in the Willows: Story Sticker Bk. 2 (Wind in the Willows Story Stickers) (1996) 1 exemplaire
Panique à la crapaudiere 1 exemplaire
The Life and Works of Kenneth Grahame: A Biography and Collection of Grahame’s Work (2015) 1 exemplaire
Stories From Andersen 1 exemplaire
The Wind in the Willows 1 exemplaire
Det susar i säven 2 1 exemplaire
The Wind in the Willow, Home Sweet Home 1 exemplaire
The Reluctant Dragon (Original Text only version): Classic literature short story (1938) 1 exemplaire
The Wind In The Willows, Volume IV 1 exemplaire
The Wind In The Willows, Volume II 1 exemplaire
The Wind In The Willows, Volume III 1 exemplaire
The Wind in the Willows - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham by Grahame, Kenneth (2014) Hardcover (1800) 1 exemplaire
Alfred and the Caravan - The Wind in the Willows - A Story From the Television Series (1985) 1 exemplaire
Great Illustrated Classics: The Wind in the Willows 1 exemplaire
The Modern Library Collection Children's Classics 5-Book Bundle: The Wind in the Willows, Alice's Adventures… 1 exemplaire
A Viagem do Senhor Sapo 1 exemplaire
The Wind in the Willows Illustrate by Arthur Rackham 1 exemplaire
The Wind in the Willows-Treasury of Illustrated Classics Storybook Collection by Kenneth Grahame (2013-01-21) (1828) 1 exemplaire
The Wind in the Willows the Wild Wood, No. 3 1 exemplaire
Vējš vītolos : [garstāsts vidējam skolas vecumam] 1 exemplaire
Summer Escapades: The Wind in the Willows 1 exemplaire
Wind in the Willow — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Illustrated Treasury of Children's Literature, Volumes 1-2 (1955) — Contributeur — 467 exemplaires, 4 critiques
The Wind in the Willows [abridged - Classic Starts] (2007) — original story author — 252 exemplaires, 3 critiques
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad [1949 film] (1949) — Original story — 241 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Golden Treasury of Children's Literature Set (1972) — Contributeur — 213 exemplaires, 4 critiques
The Game Is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches, and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes (1994) — Contributeur — 199 exemplaires, 2 critiques
Pages Passed from Hand to Hand: The Hidden Tradition of Homosexual Literature in English from 1748 to 1914 (1998) — Contributeur — 171 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Young Folks' Shelf of Books, Volume 03: Magic in the Air (1964) — Contributeur — 165 exemplaires
The Children's Treasury: Best Loved Stories and Poems from Around the World (1987) — Contributeur — 152 exemplaires, 2 critiques
Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy, Volume 3: Cosmic Knights (1954) — Contributeur — 128 exemplaires, 3 critiques
Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction (2008) — Contributeur — 116 exemplaires, 2 critiques
The Adventures of Mr. Toad (Disney's Wonderful World of Reading) (1981) — Original story — 112 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals (2014) — Contributeur — 91 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Wind in the Willows #1: The Riverbank (Easy Reader Classics) (No. 1) (2006) — original storyteller — 65 exemplaires
The Wind in the Willows [abridged - Chick-Fil-A Classic Stories and Essential Values] (2006) — original storyteller — 55 exemplaires
The Wind in the Willows #3: The Wild Wood (Easy Reader Classics) (No. 3) (2004) — original storyteller — 54 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Wind in the Willows #4: Home Sweet Home (Easy Reader Classics) (No. 4) (1995) — original storyteller — 48 exemplaires
A Season of Joy: Favorite Stories and Poems for Christmas (1987) — Contributeur — 47 exemplaires, 1 critique
More Adventures With Mr. Toad (Kenneth Grahame's the Wind in the Willows) (1982) — original story author — 37 exemplaires
The Wind in the Willows [2006 film] — Original book — 33 exemplaires
The Open Road (Wind in the Willows, Book 1) (1987) — original storyteller; original storyteller — 29 exemplaires
Kingfisher Christmas Book: A Collection of Stories, Poems and Carols for the Twelve Days of Christmas (1985) — Contributeur — 27 exemplaires
The Wind in the Willows: The wild wood (adapted ∙ boardbook) (1990) — original story author — 18 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Wind in the Willows #6: Restless Rat (Easy Reader Classics) (2010) — original storyteller — 17 exemplaires
The Wind in the Willows #5: Sneaky Toad (Easy Reader Classics) (2010) — original storyteller — 15 exemplaires
Little Treasury of the Wind in the Willows (Little treasuries) (1995) — original source author — 13 exemplaires
The Wind in the Willows / The Willows in Winter [1995/96 animated film] (2001) — Original book — 11 exemplaires
The Wind in the Willows Library: (Slip Case Set of 4 Titles) (1867) — original storyteller — 10 exemplaires
The Wind in the Willows [2006 film] — Original book — 10 exemplaires
Little Otter is Missing (Wind in the Willows Library) (1995) — original storyteller — 10 exemplaires, 1 critique
Return to Toad Hall (Tales from the "Wind in the Willows") (1995) — original story author — 4 exemplaires
Wind in the Willows: Home Sweet Home (The Wind in the willows shaped board books) (1991) — original story author — 4 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Reluctant Dragon [1941 short film] — Original story — 2 exemplaires
The Reluctant Dragon [1960 Shirley Temple Storybook TV episode] (1960) — Original story — 1 exemplaire
The wind in the willows : 1993-12-01 revival [theatre programme] (1993) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Shirley Temple Storybook Collection: The Land of Oz / The Reluctant Dragon — Original story — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Grahame, Kenneth
- Date de naissance
- 1859-03-08
- Date de décès
- 1932-07-06
- Lieu de sépulture
- Holywell Cemetery, St Cross Church, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Pays (pour la carte)
- Scotland, UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Pangbourne, Berkshire, England, UK
- Cause du décès
- cerebral hemorrhage
- Lieux de résidence
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Pangbourne, Berkshire, England, UK
Blewbury, England, UK - Études
- St. Edward's School, Oxford, England
- Professions
- banker
secretary (Bank of England)
essayist
short-story writer - Relations
- Hope, Anthony (cousin)
Robertson, W. Graham (house share) - Organisations
- London Scottish Regiment
Bank of England - Courte biographie
- Married to Elspeth Grahame, with one son, Alistair Graham.British author and banker. Educated at St. Edward’s School, Oxford. He was orphaned at an early age and brought up by his grandmother. His family unable to afford the cost of university he took up a career with the Bank of England where he stayed until ill health caused his retirement, in his late forties, in 1907. During the banking days he wrote (and had published) essays and poems in his spare time. Among his books were Pagan Papers (1893), The Golden Age (1895), Dream Days (1898) and then… The Wind in the Willows (1908) which started life as a bedtime serial tale for his son Alastair.
Membres
Discussions
Signed Wind in the Willows SE - 200 copies à Folio Society Devotees (Mars 27)
the illustrators of The Wind in the Willows - part 2 à Tattered but still lovely (Août 2023)
Hand & Eye The Wind in the Willows à Fine Press Forum (Décembre 2022)
OT - The Wind in the Willows - illustrated by Chris Dunn, Kickstarter à Folio Society Devotees (Novembre 2022)
Mad Parrot Press Wind in the Willows à Fine Press Forum (Septembre 2022)
Chas. Van Sandwyk's Wind in the Willows à Fine Press Forum (Octobre 2021)
the illustrators of The Wind in the Willows à Tattered but still lovely (Janvier 2016)
The Wind in the Willows à British & Irish Children's Fiction (Octobre 2009)
Critiques
Je quitte ce roman avec le regret évident de ne pas continuer à vivre plus longtemps avec les protagonistes. Conte philosophique et moral, hymne à l'amitié et au bien-être, fable animalière et humaine, ode écologiste, c'est un peu tout cela. Kenneth Grahame n'aura pas écrit grand-chose d'autre, mais ce petit livre suffit amplement à sa gloire et au fait d'avoir su porter le bonheur dans le cœur de ses lecteurs. J'avais jusqu'à présent vu des adaptations cinématographiques et graphiques de ce roman, mais je n'avais jamais eu l'occasion d'entrer dans le texte lui-même. C'est un pur plaisir et le lecteur se sent le coeur tout chaud en suivant les aventures de Rat, Taupe, Loutre, Blaireau et de cet impayable M. Crapaud sans lequel le livre n'aurait aucune saveur. S'il y a un qualificatif qui puisse s'appliquer à ce livre, ce serait celui de "gentillesse". Pas de la mièvrerie, ni de l'obséquiosité, pas des sourires de façade, ni de la politesse. Non, de la gentillesse, telle qu'elle peut apparaître entre des amis qui finissent par se reconnaître de la même famille.
Ce livre est bien écrit et s'il parle d'animaux comme d'autres livres parlent d'humains, ce n'est pas vraiment un livre pour enfants. L'écriture est élaborée, dynamique, pas simpliste pour un sou. Les adultes auront grand profit de se plonger dedans pour redécouvrir le charme du "home sweet home", les adolescents également car ce livre d'aventures est à la lisière du roman classique d'initiation, "boy's book", domaine dans lequel on connaît la prédilection et le talent anglo-saxons. Initiation qui prend toute son ampleur par le très mystique chapitre intitulé "le joueur de flûte aux portes de l'aube" dans lequel Rat et Taupe, à la recherche d'un enfant de Loutre, arrivent sur une île où ils font connaissance du dieu Pan, qui règle le cours de la nature, et qui leur prodigue également l'oubli propice à leur vie sereine de bête. De ce chapitre, le groupe Pink Floyd en aura tiré le titre de leur premier album.
Un grand merci aux éditions Phébus d'avoir publié ce texte que toute bonne bibliothèque doit avoir sur ses rayons.… (plus d'informations)
Ce livre est bien écrit et s'il parle d'animaux comme d'autres livres parlent d'humains, ce n'est pas vraiment un livre pour enfants. L'écriture est élaborée, dynamique, pas simpliste pour un sou. Les adultes auront grand profit de se plonger dedans pour redécouvrir le charme du "home sweet home", les adolescents également car ce livre d'aventures est à la lisière du roman classique d'initiation, "boy's book", domaine dans lequel on connaît la prédilection et le talent anglo-saxons. Initiation qui prend toute son ampleur par le très mystique chapitre intitulé "le joueur de flûte aux portes de l'aube" dans lequel Rat et Taupe, à la recherche d'un enfant de Loutre, arrivent sur une île où ils font connaissance du dieu Pan, qui règle le cours de la nature, et qui leur prodigue également l'oubli propice à leur vie sereine de bête. De ce chapitre, le groupe Pink Floyd en aura tiré le titre de leur premier album.
Un grand merci aux éditions Phébus d'avoir publié ce texte que toute bonne bibliothèque doit avoir sur ses rayons.… (plus d'informations)
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- Membres
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- Popularité
- #623
- Évaluation
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- Critiques
- 435
- ISBN
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- Langues
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- Favoris
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