Help - Alternative view

GrahamMills · 06-10-2006, 06:53 AM

I know that there was a book written that tackled the theme of Wind in the Willows but from the weasels point of view.
Unfortunately I know neither the authors name nor the title of the book.
I beleive that the author was a woman but that may be wrong.

Does anybody know the book I am looking for?

Regards Graham

Sajauna · 10-04-2006, 12:40 AM

Do you think that it may have been this lady?

Jan Needle's Wild Wood was published in 1981 with illustrations by William Rushton (ISBN 0-233-97346-X). It is a re-telling of the story of The Wind in the Willows from the point of view of the working-class inhabitants of the Wild Wood. For them, money is short and employment hard to find. They have a very different perspective on the wealthy, easy, careless lifestyle of Toad and his friends. Some of the smallest incidents in the original story are given a new significance in this one - the narrator of Wild Wood loses his much-needed job as Toad's chauffeur when Badger, Mole and Rat decide to stop Toad's driving. The climax of the book comes when Toad goes to prison: the stoats and weasels take over Toad Hall and turn it into a socialist collective called Brotherhood Hall. This re-writing could be seen as a commentary on the dramatic changes to British society with the coming to power of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1979.

I found that information at an online encyclopedia.

GrahamMills · 11-05-2006, 07:24 PM

Many thanks, that was exactly what I was looking for.

06-10-2006, 06:53 AM	#1
GrahamMills Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2	Help - Alternative view I know that there was a book written that tackled the theme of Wind in the Willows but from the weasels point of view. Unfortunately I know neither the authors name nor the title of the book. I beleive that the author was a woman but that may be wrong. Does anybody know the book I am looking for? Regards Graham

10-04-2006, 12:40 AM	#2
Sajauna Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 1	female author Do you think that it may have been this lady? Jan Needle's Wild Wood was published in 1981 with illustrations by William Rushton (ISBN 0-233-97346-X). It is a re-telling of the story of The Wind in the Willows from the point of view of the working-class inhabitants of the Wild Wood. For them, money is short and employment hard to find. They have a very different perspective on the wealthy, easy, careless lifestyle of Toad and his friends. Some of the smallest incidents in the original story are given a new significance in this one - the narrator of Wild Wood loses his much-needed job as Toad's chauffeur when Badger, Mole and Rat decide to stop Toad's driving. The climax of the book comes when Toad goes to prison: the stoats and weasels take over Toad Hall and turn it into a socialist collective called Brotherhood Hall. This re-writing could be seen as a commentary on the dramatic changes to British society with the coming to power of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1979. I found that information at an online encyclopedia.

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11-05-2006, 07:24 PM	#3
GrahamMills Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2	Many thanks, that was exactly what I was looking for.