{"product_id":"9781786697745-eternal-boy","title":"Eternal Boy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Life of Kenneth Grahame\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of Kenneth Grahame, author of the children's classic \u003ci\u003eWind in the Willows\u003c\/i\u003e, and of the vision of English pastoral that inspired it. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Matthew Dennison skilfully covers the facts, producing a vivid impression of this strange, shy, awkward figure. The result is a highly readable book'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A haunting new biography. A compelling account of Grahame's life'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A sensitively probing and nuanced portrait that makes sense of the darker character furled in the dreamer'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the week Kenneth Grahame sat behind a mahogany desk as Secretary of the Bank of England; at the weekend he retired to the house in the country he shared with his fanciful wife Elspeth and fragile son Alistair and took lengthy walks along the Thames in Berkshire, 'tempted [by] the treasures of hedge and ditch; the rapt surprise of the first lords-and-ladies, the rustle of a field-mouse, the splash of a frog.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe result of these pastoral wanderings was \u003ci\u003eThe Wind in the Willows\u003c\/i\u003e: an enduring classic of children's literature; a cautionary tale for adult readers; a warning of the fragility of the English countryside; and an expression of fear at threatened social changes that, in the aftermath of the World War I, became reality. Like its remarkable author, it balances maverick tendencies with conservatism. Grahame was an Edwardian pantheist whose work has a timeless appeal, an escapist whose withdrawal from reality took the form of time travel into his own past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945501634657,"sku":"9781786697745","price":8.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_10964265_jpg.jpg?v=1706233475","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781786697745-eternal-boy","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}