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The Golden Age

by Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932)

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  • 21 chapters
  • Reading level: 8th & 9th grade

"The Golden Age" by Kenneth Grahame is a collection of reminiscences first published in 1895. These childhood memories present a world where children wage perpetual warfare against adults—"Olympians" who have forgotten what it feels like to be young. Through imagery rooted in Greek mythology, Grahame captures the perspective of children navigating their relationships with the grown-up world around them. Widely praised upon publication, this pioneering work explores themes that would later influence authors like J.M. Barrie.

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  • England
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  • Pastoral fiction
  • Siblings
  • Country life

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Kenneth Grahame

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With Illustrations in Colour by R. J. E. Moony

New York: John Lane Company
London: John Lane, the Bodley Head
Toronto: Bell & Cockburn: MCMXIV

Copyright, 1899,
By John Lane

Copyright, 1904,
By John Lane

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Contents

  1. Kenneth Grahame
  2. Facing Page
  3. Prologue: The Olympians
  4. A Holiday
  5. A White-Washed Uncle
  6. Alarums and Excursions
  7. The Finding of the Princess
  8. Sawdust and Sin
  9. The Burglars
  10. A Harvesting
  11. Snowbound
  12. What They Talked About
  13. The Argonauts
  14. The Roman Road
  15. The Secret Drawer
  16. The Blue Room
  17. A Falling Out
  18. The Golden Age
  19. Dream Days
  20. Pagan Papers
  21. The Headswoman

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About this edition

This free edition of The Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #53250, released 2016-10-10. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Children & Young Adult Reading, Novels, British Literature.

Other editions: eBook #291 (most read), eBook #32501.

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