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Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame (March 8, 1859 - July 6, 1932) was an English novelist.

Grahame was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is most famous for writing The Wind in the Willows (1908), one of the classics of children's literature.

Grahame was orphaned as a child and went to live with his grandmother in England. He attended St. Edward's School in Oxford but could not afford to attend university. He worked at the Bank of England until retiring in 1907 due to ill health.

Bibliography

  • Pagan Papers (1893)
  • The Golden Age (1895)
  • Dream Days (1898)
  • The Wind in the Willows (1908)

He died in Pangbourne[?], Berkshire, England

External Links e-texts of some of Kenneth Grahame's works:



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