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mrtheprofessor 's review for:
The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
I've loved just about every version of this story I've encountered but I never bothered to read (or in this case, listen to) the original novel. It's well worth the time and it's something that benefits from being read aloud. Terry Jones, of Monty Python fame, reads this edition and he's nearly perfect. What is usually missing from the adaptations I've seen so far is a lot of vignettes with Ratty and Moley, their relationship to the natural world, their homes and eachother. Friendship is a very important theme throughout, and what is expected of a respectable animal. Toad is hilarious, Moley is adorable and overall it is charming and lovely. Definitely worth listening to if you don't have the time to read, but I definitely encourage everyone to read it.