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The making of The wind in the willows /

The Wind in the Willows' has its origins in the bedtime stories that Kenneth Grahame told to his son Alastair and then continued in letters (now held in the Bodleian Library) while he was on holiday. But the book developed into something much more sophisticated than this, as Peter Hunt shows. H...

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Main Author:	Hunt, Peter, 1945- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, 2018.
Subjects:	Grahame, Kenneth, > 1859-1932. > Wind in the willows. Wind in the willows (Grahame, Kenneth) Children > Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 20th century. Authors, English > 20th century > Biography. Children's stories, English > History and criticism. Authors, English. Children > Books and reading. Children's stories, English. Great Britain. 1900-1999 Biography. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.

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