Episode 134: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, Part 4
In this week\u2019s episode of The Literary Life, our hosts wrap up their series on The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Angelina, Thomas and Cindy talk about these final chapters of the book, covering some key ideas such as the siren song of the Sea Rat, Toad\u2019s inability to see himself rightly, the echoes of Homer\u2019s Odyssey, examples of bad discussion questions, and what makes this such a lasting book.
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Commonplace Quotes:Secrets had an immense attraction for him, because he never could keep one.
Kenneth Grahame
It is a reasonable hope that those who heard you in Oxford, many will understand henceforth that when the old poets made some virtue their theme, they were not teaching, but adoring, and that which we take for the didactic is often the enchanted.
C. S. Lewis
Mr. Toad\u2019s SongA childhood without books\u2013that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy.
Astrid Lindgren
by Kenneth Grahame
The world has held great Heroes,
As history-books have showed;
But never a name to go down to fame
Compared with that of Toad!
The clever men at Oxford
Know all that there is to be knowed.
But they none of them knew one half as much
As intelligent Mr. Toad!
The animals sat in the Ark and cried,
Their tears in torrents flowed.
Who was it said, \u201d There\u2019s land ahead \u201d ?
Encouraging Mr. Toad!
The Army all saluted
As they marched along the road.
Was it the King? Or Kitchener?
No. It was Mr. Toad!
The Queen and her Ladies-in-waiting
Sat at the window and sewed.
She cried, \u201d Look! who\u2019s that handsome man? \u201c
They answered, \u201d Mr. Toad. \u201c
Preface to Paradise Lost by C. S. Lewis
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Seacrow Island by Astrid Lindgren
Wild Wood by Jan Needle (not a recommendation)
The Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame
Pagan Papers by Kenneth Grahame
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