He was brought up by his grandmother in Cookham Dene in Berkshire and went to school in Oxford before starting work at the Bank of England. Biography: Kenneth Grahame was born in Edinburgh on 8 March 1859.Publisher: BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House.In 2006 Bennett was named Author of the Year at the British Book Awards for Untold Stories, his collection of memoirs and diaries. It also won six Tony Awards, including Best Play, following an extremely successful transfer to Broadway. His latest play, The History Boys, won several awards, including Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Awards for Best Play and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play. He has written widely for radio, television and theatre.

Alan Bennett is one of Britain's best-loved and most highly acclaimed writers. Milne's dramatisation of the novel as Toad of Toad Hall brought it greater success. The novel's popularity grew slowly over the years and A.A. The Wind in the Willows (1908) is based on letters and stories that Graham made for his only child, Alistair. This was followed by The Golden Age (1895) and Dream Days (1898). He was unable to go to university because of his family's lack of money.His stories and essays were initially published in periodicals such as the Yellow Book and then collected together as Pagan Papers (1893).

Kenneth Grahame was born in Edinburgh on 8 March 1859.

Wind in the willows unabridged