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The Golden Age
- Author
- Kenneth Grahame
- Narrator
- Simon Vance
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 12 December 2017
- Run Time
- 3 hours 39 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The Golden Age is a collection of Kenneth Grahame’s reminiscences of childhood, notable for their conception of a world where children are locked in perpetual warfare with the adult “Olympians” who have wholly forgotten how it feels to be young—a theme later explored by J. M. Barrie and other authors.
Critics Review
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“One of the few books which are well-nigh too praiseworthy for praise.”
Daily Chronicle (London)
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“This audiobook is a lesser-known collection of childhood reminiscences by the author of The Wind in the Willows…The work has a nostalgic tone and often makes references to Greek myths. Vance delivers a commanding performance. While the stories are intended for children, they do not come across as having been written solely for children. Vance’s narration style places them in the context of more popular British stories like those of Lewis and Tolkein.”
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Details
- Author
- Kenneth Grahame
- Narrator
- Simon Vance
- Duration
- 3 hours 39 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 December 2017
- ISBN
- 9781538506639
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
The Golden Age is a collection of Kenneth Grahame’s reminiscences of childhood, notable for their conception of a world where children are locked in perpetual warfare with the adult “Olympians” who have wholly forgotten how it feels to be young—a theme later explored by J. M. Barrie and other authors.
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