Begun as a series of stories told by Kenneth Grahame to his six-year-old son, "The Wind in the Willows" has become one of the most beloved works of children's literature ever written. It has been illustrated, famously, by E.H. Shepard and Arthur Rackham, and parts of it were dramatized by A.A. Milne as "Toad of Toad Hall". A century after its initial publication it still enchants. Much in Grahame's novel - the sensitivity of Mole, the mania of Toad, the domesticity of Rat - permeates our imaginative lives (as children and adults). And Grahame's burnished prose still dazzles. Now comes an annotated edition of "The Wind in the Willows" by a leading literary scholar that instructs the reader in a larger appreciation of the novel's charms and serene narrative magic. In an introduction aimed at a general audience, Seth Lerer tells us everything that we, as adults, need to know about the author and his work. He vividly captures Grahame's world and the circumstances under which "The Wind in the Willows" came into being. In his running commentary on the novel, Lerer offers complete annotations to the language, contexts, allusions, and larger texture of Grahame's prose. Anyone who has read and loved "The Wind in the Willows" will want to own and cherish this beautiful gift edition. Those coming to the novel for the first time, or returning to it with their own children, will not find a better, more sensitive guide than Seth Lerer.

[英]肯尼斯?格雷厄姆

1859年，肯尼斯?格雷厄姆齣生於愛丁堡。他纔剛滿五歲，他的母親就去世瞭。他被送到瞭貝剋郡，在祖母的撫養下長大。在牛津的學校讀書時，他的學習和體育成績都相當齣色。他原本計劃畢業後前往牛津大學繼續深造，然而這一計劃卻因傢境的原因而未能實現。1879年，他成為瞭英格蘭銀行的一名文員。銀行裏的工作單調無趣，為瞭排遣心情，格雷厄姆開始寫作，其作品很快就發錶問世。1893年，他的第一本故事集《異教徒的文件》齣版，緊接著，他又齣版瞭兩部選集《黃金年代》和《做夢的日子》。《柳林風聲》原本是他給兒子阿裏斯代爾（小名“老鼠”）寫的睡前故事，後來，他又在寫給兒子的信件中對這一故事進行瞭加工和修改。1908年，《柳林風聲》齣版，並最終成為風靡一時的暢銷故事書。肯尼斯?格雷厄姆於1932年去世。

[澳]羅伯特?英潘

羅伯特?英潘生於1936年，是一名享譽全球的藝術傢及作者。他在墨爾本學習瞭插畫藝術；後創作、設計並繪製瞭多達一百多部小說及非小說類文學作品。1986年，他獲得瞭“國際安徒生插畫奬”，肯定瞭他為兒童文學所做齣的不懈努力和偉大成就。近年來，經他手繪製的經典兒童作品包括：《金銀島》、《80天環遊世界》、《皮諾曹》、《森林王子》和百年紀念版《彼德?潘和溫迪》。