- Fiction, Brothers and sisters, Country life, Children's literature
Kenneth Grahame's unjustly neglected collections of vignettes, reminiscences, and inventions capture the ingenuities of a family of children--three boys and two girls--who live magnanimous lives nourished by the secret expeditions and private games they share.
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Warm, nostalgic, contemplative and intimate.
- warmbleak
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Kenneth Grahame, Ernest H. Shepard
- First published
- 1898
- Pages
- 129
- Publisher
- J. Lane, Garden City Pub. Co., Garland Pub.
- Editions
- 303
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9781091451728
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“In the matter of general culture and attainments, we youngsters stood on pretty level ground.”
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