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The Man in the Willows: The Life of Kenneth Grahame
By Dennison, Matthew
- ISBN
- 9781643130071 9781643130972
- Publisher
- Pegasus
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Reviewed on February 22, 2019 | Nonfiction
In this brief biography of Scottish writer Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932), Dennison (Over the Hills and Far Away: The Life of Beatrix Potter) portrays a man with a magical interior life kept well hidden from others. Handed off to relatives early on, Grahame hoped to attend Oxford but ended up clerking at the Bank of England, retiring as secretary. At 40, he married Elspeth Thomson, whom Dennison claims never und...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
