The Arts Society Ashdown Forest - The Wind in the Willows revisited through its illustrators
Thursday, 13 February 2025
- Time
- 14:00 - 15:00
- Venue
- Crowborough Community Centre,, Crowborough, TN6 1FE
- Price
- Members free. Visitors £7
John Ericson will revisit Kenneth Grahame’s story as depicted by numerous well-known illustrators, including E H Shepard and Arthur Rackham. The talk will also explore how the story came to be written for Grahame’s son Alastair and Grahame’s interesting and ultimately tragic life.
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The beauty of Kenneth Grahame’s prose is widely acknowledged but the story is so full of wonderful imagery that it almost demands to be illustrated. First published in 1908 without illustration, the classic tale has been in print ever since, and during that time it has been illustrated by more than ninety artists, making it the most illustrated book in the English language.
It is a far more interesting book than its popular and young audience may appreciate. It deserves recognition as a novel in which adult readers will find not just humour and entertainment, but wisdom and meaning. This engaging presentation will revisit the story as depicted by numerous well-known illustrators, including of course E H Shepherd and Arthur Rackham.
It will also explore how the story came to be written for Grahame’s son Alastair and the interesting but ultimately tragic life of Kenneth Grahame himself.
Our lecturer will be John Ericson
More information at tasaf.org.uk
Members free, £7 for visitors who are very welcome.
Refreshments available at the end of the talk.
It is a far more interesting book than its popular and young audience may appreciate. It deserves recognition as a novel in which adult readers will find not just humour and entertainment, but wisdom and meaning. This engaging presentation will revisit the story as depicted by numerous well-known illustrators, including of course E H Shepherd and Arthur Rackham.
It will also explore how the story came to be written for Grahame’s son Alastair and the interesting but ultimately tragic life of Kenneth Grahame himself.
Our lecturer will be John Ericson
More information at tasaf.org.uk
Members free, £7 for visitors who are very welcome.
Refreshments available at the end of the talk.
Venue
Crowborough Community Centre,
Crowborough Community Centre, Pine Grove,
Crowborough
TN6 1FE
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