The Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame
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"The Golden Age" by Kenneth Grahame is a collection of childhood reminiscences first published in 1895. The book captures a child's-eye view of a world divided between young and old, where adults are distant "Olympians" and children wage perpetual warfare against those who have forgotten what it means to be young. Drawing on Greek mythology and culture, Grahame's stories explore the imagination, adventures, and misunderstandings of childhood. Widely praised upon release, it
became a classic that influenced later writers like J.M. Barrie. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Grahame, Kenneth, 1859-1932 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966 |
| Title | The Golden Age |
| Note |
Project Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook: #53250 (Fine color illustrations) #32501 (Fine sepia illustrations) #291 (No illustrations) |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Age_(Grahame_book) |
| Note | Sequel: Dream Days, #35187. |
| Credits |
Produced by Suzanne Shell, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Bildungsromans |
| Subject | Pastoral fiction |
| Subject | Siblings -- Fiction |
| Subject | Country life -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 32501 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-32501-9 |
| Release Date | May 23, 2010 |
| Last Update | Jan 6, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 822 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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