The Wind in the Willows: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Wind in the Willows, credited to Kenneth Grahame, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

Librivox recording of The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame. Read by Mark F. Smith This much-loved story follows a group of animal friends in the English countryside as they pursue adventure ... and as adventure pursues them! The chief characters - Mole, Rat, and Toad - generally lead upbeat and happy lives, but their tales are leavened with moments of terror, homesickness, awe, madcap antics, and derring-do. Although classed as children's literature, The Wind in the Willows holds a gentle fascination for adults too. The vocabulary is decidedly not "Dick and Jane", and a reader with a love of words will find new ones to treasure, even if well-equipped for the journey. Parents will appreciate the themes of loyalty, manners, self-restraint, and comradeship which are evident throughout the book. When the characters err, they are prompt to acknowlege it, and so a reading of this book can model good behavior to children, who will otherwise be enchanted with the many ways in which the lives of these bucolic characters differ from modern life. This book was so successful that it enabled the author to retire from banking and take up a country life somewhat like that of his creations. It has been adapted for screen, stage, and even a ride at the original Disneyland. (Summary by Mark F. Smith)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Wind in the Willows
• Author credits: Kenneth Grahame
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 6:47:04

Catalogue topics

• children

Track guide

1. 01 - The River Bank — 29:56
2. 02 - The Open Road — 29:35
3. 03 - The Wild Wood — 29:56
4. 04 - Mr. Badger — 30:57
5. 05 - Dolce Dolmum — 38:00
6. 06 - Mr. Toad — 32:15
7. 07 - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn — 27:12
8. 08 - Toad's Adventures — 33:32
9. 09 - Wayfarers All — 43:41
10. 10 - The Further Adventures of Toad — 39:54
11. 11 - 'Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears' — 40:16
12. 12 - The Return of Ulysses — 31:54

Listen to this recording

Open the complete recording and player on Internet Archive. The player includes the full track list and available download formats.

Source and rights

This is a record from LibriVox's official Internet Archive collection, with a public-domain licence recorded in its metadata. LibriVox's policy includes its catalogue summaries as well as its recordings. Its public-domain assessment follows United States law; copyright status can differ elsewhere. The summary and track facts are reproduced and reformatted from that record. Dates attached to the archive upload are not treated as original book publication dates.