Kenneth Grahame

The Reluctant Dragon (MP3-Download)

Ungekürzte Lesung. 54 Min.
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Produktbeschreibung

"The Reluctant Dragon" is an 1898 children's story by Kenneth Grahame, originally published as a chapter in his book Dream Days. It is Grahame's most famous short story, arguably better known than Dream Days itself or the related 1895 collection The Golden Age. It can be seen as a prototype to most modern stories in which the dragon is a sympathetic character rather than a threat The story takes place in the Berkshire Downs in Oxfordshire (where the author lived and where, according to legend, St. George did fight a dragon). In Grahame's story, a young boy discovers an erudite, poetry-loving dragon living in the Downs above his home. The two become friends, but soon afterwards the dragon is discovered by the townsfolk, who send for St George to rid them of him. The boy introduces St George to the dragon, and the two decide that it would be better for them not to fight. Eventually, they decide to stage a fake joust between the two combatants. As the two have planned, St George harmlessly spears the dragon through a shallow fold of skin suggested by the dragon, and the townsfolk rejoice (though not all of them, as some had placed bets on the dragon winning). St George then proclaims that the dragon has been reformed, assuring the townsfolk he's not dangerous, and the dragon is accepted by the people.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
• Altersempfehlung: 6 bis 99 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4099995451832
• Artikelnr.: 70681962

Autorenporträt

Kenneth Grahame was born in 1859. He grew up in Cookham Dene, Berkshire, in an idyllic country cottage. He went to school at St Edward¿s, Oxford. In 1899, he married Elspeth Thomson and their son Alastair was born in 1900. It was on the evening of his fourth birthday that Kenneth Grahame first told his son a story about moles and water rats. This story, The Wind in the Willows,was publishd in 1908. In 1931 Ernest H Shephard was asked to illustrate it, following his success with the illustrations in Winnie-the-Pooh and his original illustrations for The Reluctant Dragon. Kenneth Grahame died in 1932.