The Wind in the Willows is a book written for children with a nostalgic style and for any reader who loves and have heard about England and there countryside this is a real treat.
If you love the English breakfast at Sri Lankan hotels this book will be a great provider of an after taste.
I purchased the Puffin classic and in goodreads the page number count and the ISBN was a bit different. It triggered me to read the book in random places to check whether I'm reading an unabridged version or not in the internet.
In my humble opinion I think 'The Wind in the Willows' is the inception of Magical Realism.
I also watched the Sinhala dubbed version of the 1984 television series which was very famous in Sri Lanka but was different due to Sinhalisation.
I also read the hard cover ladybird abridged classic during my childhood which was a colourful book with beautiful pictures.
Since this is a modern classic the high standards are acceptable. But yet it is a dominating book with artistic descriptions of the english countryside and colourful characters.
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