The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

Jul 2008 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Shelly Frasier

About this audiobook

Mole was happy with his life until one day, in the middle of spring cleaning, he emerges from his hole at Mole End and starts meandering the English countryside. Everything is new for the simple but stalwart mole. Never before had he seen a river, taken a boat ride, or encountered the woods. But this is nothing compared to what awaits him when he gets tangled up in the escapades of the indomitable Mr. Toad, the society-hating Badger of Wild Wood, and the easy-going Water Rat! Motorcars, gypsies, jailbreaks, and a weasel rebellion are all in store for these intrepid animals. Beyond mischievous life adventures, the story conveys the typical turn of twentieth-century life in Britain and the struggle between the noisy, common way of life and the genteel.

Ratings and reviews

This is not the toad you're looking for. My review is not of the book (because Wind in the Willows is excellent!), it is of Google Play - for not knowing that the photo they associated with this audiobook is completely wrong. It shows Jeremy Fisher... by Beatrix Potter... who is a frog. The infamous Mr. Toad would be appalled. Know your literally amphibians people!

About the author

Kenneth Grahame is best known internationally as a writer of children's books, most notably The Wind in the Willows, and is accredited with deeply influencing fantasy literature.

Shelly Frasier has recorded over fifty audiobooks. She can be heard narrating such classics as Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.