Dream Days
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A beloved classic of children's literature and imaginative prose, Dream Days presents a luminous collection of loosely connected stories narrated through the eyes of a group of Victorian children navigating the vast, often bewildering world of adults. Kenneth Grahame captures the rich inner lives of childhood with warmth and gentle wit, illustrating how imagination transforms the mundane countryside into a landscape of myth, adventure, and wonder. The tone is nostalgic yet playful, suffused with a tender irony as the child narrator chronicles the gulf between the earnest fantasies of youth and the dull practicalities of grown-up life. A companion to Grahame's earlier The Golden Age, this volume includes the celebrated story The Reluctant Dragon, which would later inspire generations of readers and adaptations. Written with lyrical elegance, it remains a timeless meditation on the magic of childhood and the bittersweet passage into adulthood.
Author: Kenneth Grahame
Format: Hardback
Published: 1945, The Bodley Head
Genre: Childrens fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A beloved classic of children's literature and imaginative prose, Dream Days presents a luminous collection of loosely connected stories narrated through the eyes of a group of Victorian children navigating the vast, often bewildering world of adults. Kenneth Grahame captures the rich inner lives of childhood with warmth and gentle wit, illustrating how imagination transforms the mundane countryside into a landscape of myth, adventure, and wonder. The tone is nostalgic yet playful, suffused with a tender irony as the child narrator chronicles the gulf between the earnest fantasies of youth and the dull practicalities of grown-up life. A companion to Grahame's earlier The Golden Age, this volume includes the celebrated story The Reluctant Dragon, which would later inspire generations of readers and adaptations. Written with lyrical elegance, it remains a timeless meditation on the magic of childhood and the bittersweet passage into adulthood.